Deck 9: Sexual Assault

Question 1

Enticement and entrapment are no longer used by child molesters in favor of threats and coercion.​

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Rape can happen to anyone and rapists come from all segments of society.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Crisis workers should encourage rape victims to change jobs or places of residence to distance themselves from the trauma.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Child rapists are different than other child molesters in that they typically use threat of harm either to the child or a significant other.

Question 5

Some men use rape to "punish" women who have done them "wrong."

Question 6

There is abundant evidence indicating that crises resulting from sexual abuse are no different in nature,intensity,and extent than other forms of crisis.

Question 7

There appear to be at least four major causes of rape.They are: gender inequality,pornography,social disorganization,and legitimatization of violence.

Question 8

Intergenerational transmission of sexual abuse is a sad but true fact.​

Question 9

Research data clearly dispels the notion that most women are raped by strangers.​

Question 10

Secrecy is the first stage the perpetrator carries out when he or she sexually abuses a child.

Question 11

Taking "control over women" is one of the myths of rape.

Question 12

Alerting people of the role that alcohol has in date rape is a primary educational goal to combat this problem.

Question 13

Rape is used by some men to control women though sexual conquests but they are really afraid of them.

Question 14

Date rape survivors are more likely to have experienced sexual abuse and negative home environments during childhood.

Question 15

Societal attitudes about rape and sexual assault have long enhanced survivor advocacy.

Question 16

Therapeutic grounding means putting one's feet on the ground and getting stable again.

Question 17

One of the critical issues in counseling sexually victimized children is teaching them boundaries about sexual behavior.

Question 18

False memories can be planted through mental health professional who themselves have experienced abuse.

Question 19

Inappropriate and persistent sex play with peers is a good indication that a child has been sexually abused.

Question 20

Rape education programs are effective in preventing rape.

Question 21

​Adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse may have:

A)been hospitalized for a variety of psychological disorders.
B)​symptoms that are quite different than those of Vietnam veterans.
C)​suffered increased incidence of rape,assault,and battering as adults because they actively seek out such relationships as a way of punishing themselves for their "sins" of childhood.
D)decided to become homosexuals because they can no longer stand the opposite sex.

Question 22

An intrusive but effective method for extinguishing PTSD in adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse is______ of the event.

A)psychoanalytic processing
B)​behavioral conditioning and desensitization
C)​prolonged exposure through flooding and cognitive restructuring
D)mindfulness and acceptance therapy

Question 23

From a feminist standpoint,rape occurs because the perpetrator:

A)is sexually overactive.
B)​needs to have power and control.
C)​is psychotic or otherwise mentally disturbed.
D)has severe relationship problems.

Question 24

The recommended treatment of choice for sexually abused children is:

A)Gestalt therapy.
B)​psychoanalytic.
C)​play therapy.
D)psycho-education about abusers.

Question 25

In the immediate aftermath of an assault and rape of an adult,the crisis worker's response to the survivor should be:

A)providing core facilitative conditions of trust,empathy,and unconditional positive regard.
B)​providing factual information about disease,pregnancy,and other health issues.
C)​preparing the survivor to make a police report.
D)assessing the victim's sexual history.

Question 26

Female date rape survivors in college have been found to be more likely to have experienced:

A)false memories of sexual abuse in childhood than college women who reported no date rape experience.
B)​more gender inequality throughout their lives than college women who reported no date rape experience.
C)​stress,maltreatment,and negative home environment/neglect during childhood than women who reported no date rape experience.
D)no date rape risk training and education during freshman orientation.

Question 27

Regarding the disclosure phase in which the child sexual abuser's molestation is accidentally discovered,sometimes the abuse is disclosed by the child or someone else and intentional disclosure enormously complicates crisis intervention related to the abuse because:

A)the abuser was also a victim during childhood.
B)​the disclosure phase itself is characterized by myth.
C)​parents or significant others are in denial,refuse to face it,and don't believe the facts.
D)most therapists have little knowledge in this area and abhor the work.

Question 28

​Residual effects of sexual assault may have characteristics of:

A)Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
B)​an unresolved Electra or Oedipal complex.
C)​hysterical conversion neurosis.
D)love addiction.

Question 29

If you had just been raped and were at the hospital you would want a _______ as a first responder.

A)SANE nurse
B)​licensed clinical social worker
C)​medical doctor
D)RAPE nurse

Question 30

The "false memory" concept applied both to work with adults who were abused as children and to perpetrators of abuse has:

A)proven that false memories as a concept are valid.
B)​proven that false memories as a concept are invalid.
C)​much to do with the interviewer,the way particular questions are asked,the context of the setting,and the emotional state of the client.
D)more to do with unresolved Electra and Oedipal complexes.

Question 31

Suppression of child sexual abuse may be attempted by any of the following except:

A)the abuser.
B)​the child's parents or family members.
C)​the community.
D)advocates for prosecution of abusers.

Question 32

Anger and grief are emotional by-products in the lives of children who have been sexually abused.Venting of these feelings should be encouraged,particularly when:

A)adults are uncomfortable with such venting and attempt to repress such feelings when children exhibit them.
B)​such venting provides legal evidence and data for court action against perpetrators.
C)​play therapy,relaxation techniques,and stress reduction measures fail to produce positive results.
D)children's developmental immaturity impedes the therapeutic process.

Question 33

Of the following,which is not a myth about rape?

A)Only promiscuous women get raped.
B)​Men who rape are weird,psychotic loners.
C)​Women cry rape to exact revenge.
D)Rape is an expression of power and control.

Question 34

​The recovery of sexual assault victims is enhanced by:

A)a comprehensive medical exam to rule out pregnancy,social diseases,or AIDS.
B)​seeking criminal prosecution of the assailant.
C)​as soon as possible engaging in sexual activity with a trusted and caring significant other.
D)empathy and acceptance by the person's support system.

Question 35

The female victim of rape may exhibit many responses,including:

A)acting promiscuously.
B)​becoming vindictive to significant others who have let her down.
C)​appearing unaffected.
D)going on with her life unchanged.

Question 36

Researchers have found that added physical violence during the rape of children was predictive of ___________ when they reached adulthood.

A)increased false memories
B)​chronic PTSD
C)​legitimized violence for them in their adult sexual relationships
D)females who grew up to be aggressive and became sexual abusers themselves

Question 37

Male sexual offenders may be characterized as:

A)angry.
B)​impotent.
C)​oversexed.
D)fixated on mother images.

Question 38

"Grounding" childhood sexual abuse survivors means:

A)they are "in the wind" psychologically and literally need a place to land.
B)​are planted by a crisis worker using hands-on techniques.
C)​using flashbacks and traumatic memories as a way to process a current crisis situation.
D)is a parental punishment for disclosing the abuse.

Question 39

The behavior of the child abuser may be traced through phases of:

A)secrecy,suppression,sexual interaction,and fulfillment.
B)​threat,coercion,sexual interaction,and termination.
C)​engagement,sexual interaction,secrecy,disclosure,and suppression.
D)invitation,acceptance,acknowledgement,sexual interaction,repression,and termination.

Question 40

Later in their lives,adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse do not usually experience victimization:

A)on the conscious level.
B)​because of their beliefs derived in large part from social myths.
C)​because of their feelings of blame and guilt.
D)due to the fear that the victimizer may reappear and revictimize the victim.

Question 41

Discuss the clinical indicators that a child may have been sexually abused.

Question 42

Of the following behaviors that will help a crisis worker know whether a child is being sexually abused,which one does not belong? The sexually abused child may:

A)come to school early and stay late.
B)​act out by hurting oneself rather than other children.
C)​be hypervigilent of others and surroundings.
D)be sexually shy and appear ignorant of sexual matters.

Question 43

Discuss the societal myths regarding rape and sexual assault and how they are so detrimental?

Question 44

Support groups are important for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse because they:

A)can try out new behaviors and discuss them with peers.
B)​allow for reconciliation between the victim and the abuser.
C)​help with dependency needs.
D)destroy old pathological scripts and replace them with new healthy ones.

Question 45

Discuss the intergenerational family dynamics often found when sexual abuse is present.

Question 46

What are the reasons men commit rape and some ways that society supports rape?

Question 47

Discuss the long term effects of childhood sexual abuse in adults,and how these effects can be treated in both the immediate and the long-term.

Question 48

Researchers have found that adult male survivors of child sexual abuse who were abused by men fair no better and report the same or similar symptoms as adult women survivors.In addition,they often:

A)have unfounded paranoid fears of male or transgendered sexual assault.
B)​abuse alcohol and drugs.
C)​are homophobic,have body image disturbances,and sexual orientation ambiguity.
D)act aggressively towards women in order to prove themselves.