Chapter 12 Marriage and Family

Which of the following is not considered to be violence according to the definition?

Threatening

According to the text, an act carried out with the intention or perceived intention of causing physical pain or injury to another person is known as:

violence.

According to the 2010 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, women were much more likely than men to have experienced the forms of ______ mistreatment.

emotional or verbal

According to the 2020 National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey, ___________percent of women had physical threats made against them.

45.5

Which of the following best describes a man who routinely inflicts violence upon his wife?

He is sadistic or pathologically jealous.

The women who are most at risk of nonfatal intimate partner violence are:

between ages 20 and 24

The racial group of women most at risk of nonlethal violence is:

black women

Common characteristics of male perpetrators include all of the following, except:

high self-esteem

Child abuse was widely recognized as a serious problem in the United States around:

1960

One form of abuse in same-sex couples is "outing," which refers to:

disclosing another's gay orientation without consent

How does the concept of learned helplessness explain why an abused partner would stay in an abusive relationship?

Low self-concept leads to a perceived lack of agency

Child maltreatment, in general, refers to

neglect

What is the action of threatening a child, or placing the child in a dangerous situation, called?

Terrorizing

Sibling violence:

is the most common form of intrafamilial violence

Elder abuse usually is perpetrated by:

adult children or spouses

The Centers for Disease Control estimated in 2015 that _____ paid workdays were lost annually in productivity due to domestic violence.

8 million

Today, many of the largest US police forces have implemented _____ policies, in which discretion is removed from police officers responding to a call about intimate violence.

mandatory arrest

Sexual and other forms of abuse occur more frequently in households with:

Stepparents

Relationships can become violent or abusive regardless of the gender of partners.

True

The ecological model of family violence states that the person with the most resources is the one whois most likely to resort to overt force.

False

Historically and culturally, women have been considered "appropriate" victims of domestic violence

True

Children rarely experience psychological aggression.

False

Rape in marriage is one of the most widespread and overlooked forms of intimate violence.

True

Many colleges in the United States have developed a policy of affirmative consent, which is clear and cannot be given if one is intoxicated or incapacitated in any way.

True

Victims of sexual abuse can suffer flashbacks, sexual dysfunctions, and negative feelings about their bodies.

True