Deck 10: Treating Victims of Ethnic Conflict, Genocide, and Mass Violence

Question 1

Which of the following was created as a response to the lack of follow-up services available to apartheid victims?

A)The Institute for the Healing of Memories
B)The Truth and Reconciliation Project
C)The Institute for the Reconciliation of Memories
D)The Truth and Healing Project

Answer 1

The Institute for the Healing of Memories

Question 2

What is the unique role a provider must take on when working with trauma victims?

A)Role model
B)Witness
C)Perpetrator
D)Victim

Answer 2

Witness

Question 3

There are two sources of unresolved grief for Native Americans: massive trauma that has endured from generation to generation and

A)intense anger at the dominant culture.
B)the systematic destruction of traditional rituals of grief.
C)the lack of education about Native American history.
D)physical isolation from the rest of society.

Answer 3

the systematic destruction of traditional rituals of grief.

Question 4

The overarching goal of the TRC in South Africa is best described as

A)reconciliation.
B)reparation.
C)retribution.
D)restored dignity.

Question 5

What are the goals of the TRC? In what ways do these goals support the healing of victims, bystanders, and perpetrators?

Question 6

Brave Heart's intervention with the Lakota Sioux resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

A)improved group identification.
B)increased commitment to community health.
C)decreased PTSD symptoms in Native American men.
D)increased awareness of historical trauma.

Question 7

The concept of dissociation can best be described by which of the following examples?

A)Victims cutting off ties with perpetrators
B)Perpetrators deciding to no longer participate in the dehumanization of victims
C)Bystanders compartmentalizing and justify racism or dehumanization of victims
D)Victims finding a witness to observe their dehumanization

Question 8

Which of the following factors is NOT identified as a critical in determining the value of a reparation?

A)The role the reparation plays in the continued healing of the victim
B)The perception of the reparation by the victim
C)Public acknowledgement as part of the reparation
D)Minimization of the crime implied by accepting the reparation

Question 9

Which of the following are the two most common reactions in children of Nazis?

A)Empathy toward parents -or- guilt about parents actions
B)Splitting off of negative feelings toward parents -or- anger toward parents
C)Splitting off of negative feelings toward parents -or- empathy toward parents
D)Dissociation -or- doubling

Question 10

What are some key learnings to focus on when helping a victim of trauma seek forgiveness?

Question 11

When Weissmark brought together the children of Holocaust survivors and the children of Nazis, during which stage did the groups discover they shared a sense of victimization?

A)Stage 2: Revealing
B)Stage 3: Distinguishing
C)Stage 5: Sharing of Hurts
D)Stage 6: Transformation

Question 12

Perpetrators testimony during the TRC process is healing for victims' families because it

A)allows them to see the perpetrator in an equally dehumanizing position.
B)allows them to complete the narrative of the trauma experience.
C)shifts power from perpetrator to victims' family.
D)None of these

Question 13

In reparations, apologies must include all of the following:

A)Acknowledgement of the facts, acceptance of responsibility, promise not to repeat the offense, and reparation
B)Acknowledgement of the facts, acceptance of responsibility, sincere regret, and a promise not to repeat the offense
C)Acceptance of responsibility, sincere regret, a narrative story, and a promise not to repeat the offense
D)Acceptance of responsibility, sincere regret, a promise not to repeat the offense, and reparation

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT a critical dimension for reconciliation?

A)Interaction
B)Sharing of personal narrative
C)Expressing thoughts, instead of feelings
D)Perceptions of similarities

Question 15

In models of healing and restorative justice, forgiveness means

A)reconciling with the other.
B)suppressing feelings of hurt or anger.
C)disconnecting from destructive reactions to promote healing.
D)condoning past actions.

Question 16

During the course of Weissmark's workshop with children of Nazis and Holocaust survivors, which six stages did she witness participants go through in the transformation of their feelings toward each other?

Question 17

A villager from the Sudan's Darfur region who flees to neighboring Chad is referred to as a(n)________ while a villager who flees to a camp within Darfur is referred to as a(n)________.

A)refugee; internally displaced person
B)internally displaced person; refugee
C)immigrant; refugee

Question 18

Peskin describes trauma as a "disorder of dehumanization." Further explain this concept and related approaches to treatment.

Question 19

One criticism of the TRC's healing function is that it lacked a forum for

A)perpetrators to share their story.
B)bystanders to participate.
C)victims to provide input on restitution.
D)continued work on emotions surfaced during the process.

Question 20

Describe the factors contributing to Native American's historic trauma and the intervention conducted by Brave Heart. How did this intervention stimulate resolution of historical grief?

Question 21

Describe how the CERI treats Cambodian refugees in a culturally competent manner.