Deck 9: Child Abuse

Question 1

The _______ model stresses the characteristics of the abuser as the primary cause of abuse.The abuser's personality predisposes the abuser to injure the child.

A)interactional
B)psychopathological
C)intrafamilial
D)intergenerational transmission of violence

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Intrafamilial sexual abuse excludes incest and refers to exploitative sexual contact occurring between relatives.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Physical child abuse may be defined as any act that results in an accidental or nonaccidental physical injury by a person who has care,custody,or control of a child.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

The economic theory suggests that neglect is caused by stress as a result of living in poverty.

Question 5

Extra-familial sexual abuse refers to exploitative sexual contact with perpetrators who may be known to the child (neighbors,babysitters,live-in partners)or unknown to the child.

Question 6

The _____ theory asserts that violent behavior is learned within the family and bequeathed from one generation to the next.

A)interactional
B)extrafamilial
C)intrafamilial
D)intergenerational transmission of violence

Question 7

Rape in America,which was published by the National Victims Center,indicates that sexual violence occurs at a much lower rate than previously expected.

Question 8

The environmental-sociological-cultural model views child abuse as a result of stresses in society that are the primary causes of abuse.

Question 9

The psychopathological model stresses the characteristics of the abuser as the secondary cause of abuse.

Question 10

The ______model views child abuse as a result of a dysfunctional system.

A)interactional
B)extrafamilial
C)intrafamilial
D)intergenerational transmission of violence

Question 11

The psychosocial systems model stresses that abuse results from interactions external to the family.

Question 12

_____ sexual abuse includes incest and refers to any type of exploitative sexual contact that occurs between relatives.

A)Interactional
B)Extrafamilial
C)Intrafamilial
D)Intergenerational transmission of violence

Question 13

The interactional model views child abuse as a result of a dysfunctional system.

Question 14

______sexual abuse refers to exploitative sexual contact with perpetrators who may be known to the child (neighbors,babysitters,live in partners)or unknown to the child.

A)Interactional
B)Extrafamilial
C)Intrafamilial
D)Intergenerational transmission of violence

Question 15

The physical battering of children is a relatively new phenomenon.

Question 16

The intergenerational transmission of violence concept has generated continuing controversy among researchers for several decades.

Question 17

Child sexual abuse is sexual exploitation or sexual activities with children under the age of 12 years without regard to the possibility that the child's health or welfare could be harmed or threatened.

Question 18

Child neglect is the negligent treatment or maltreatment of a child by a parent or caretaker under circumstances indicating harm or threatened harm to the child's health or welfare.

Question 19

Some scholars have stated that child neglect is the most common form of maltreatment.

Question 20

The mental illness model sets forth the proposition that the child's mental illness is the primary cause of child abuse.

Question 21

____ sexual abuse refers to exploitative sexual contact with perpetrators who may be known to the child (neighbors,babysitters,live-in partners)or unknown to the child.

Question 22

____ sexual abuse includes incest and refers to any type of exploitative sexual contact occurring between relatives.

Question 23

The ___model emphasizes the inadequacy of the parenting skills of abusive parents.

Question 24

The environmental-sociological-cultural model views child abuse as a result of ____ in society that are the primary causes of abuse.

Question 25

What is a workable definition of physical child abuse?

Question 26

Why is Mary Ellen Wilson famous?

Question 27

____ is sexual exploitation or sexual activities with children under circumstances that indicate that the child's health or welfare is harmed or threatened.

Question 28

Most researchers contend that the data on child abuse is only the tip of the iceberg in that only a minority of the cases are reported.Why is the number of cases of child abuse underreported?

Question 29

____ syndrome by proxy is defined as a psychiatric disorder,whereby individuals intentionally produce physical symptoms of illness in their children.

Question 30

The ___ model stresses the characteristics of the abuser as the primary cause of abuse.

Question 31

What is a workable definition of child sexual abuse?

Question 32

___ abuse is probably the most common form of family violence in the United States.

Question 33

The ___ model sets forth the proposition that the parent's mental illness is the primary cause of child abuse.

Question 34

A grandfather is babysitting his young granddaughter.While the baby is asleep,he touches the baby in inappropriate areas.Does this action constitute sexual abuse? One problem with the textbook definition of child sexual abuse requires that the child be harmed.Should this requirement be eliminated since there may be instances where the child is sexually abused but no harm to the child is established?

Question 35

Why has the intergenerational transmission of violence concept generated continuing controversy among researchers?

Question 36

A three-year-old boy is running around the supermarket,knocking down cans of food,and does not stop when his grandmother asks him to.The grandmother takes the child by the arm and the child starts yelling,"You're hurting me!" Assume there is no physical injury to the child.Is it child abuse? Explain your answer.