Deck 12: Interpersonal Violence

Question 1

According to the DSM-5, obsession involves which of the following?

A) Recurrent and persistent thoughts, urges, or impulses
B) An element of intrusive or unwanted thoughts and/or urges
C) Cosplaying
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Most legal definitions of stalking include which of the following basic elements?

A) Contact that causes the victim to reasonably fear for their safety
B) A pattern of contact or attempts to contact the victim
C) Contact with the victim that is non-consensual
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Women are more likely to be stalked by whom?

A) Co-workers
B) Acquaintances
C) Family members
D) Ex-intimate partners
E) Strangers

Answer 3

D

Question 4

In contrast to media depictions of stalkers as physically violent women, real-world stalking cases are typically characterized by which of the following?

A) Revenge as the motive
B) Non-violent female stalkers
C) Male stalkers
D) Family members as stalkers
E) Strangers as stalkers

Question 5

Which of the following mental health disorders would a stalker be least likely to exhibit?

A) Psychopathy
B) Borderline personality disorder
C) Delusional disorders
D) Substance use
E) Schizophrenia

Question 6

What characteristics are associated with higher incidents of violence ai stalking cases ?

A) History of substance use problems
B) Gender
C) Relationship to the victim
D) Both A and C
E) All of the above

Question 7

Clara was arrested by the RCMP on Parliament Hill. For the past several months, Clara has been attempting to contact Prime Minister Trudeau. Her attempts have included phone calls, e-mails, and efforts to enter his home. When questioned by police, Clara was agitated and refused to believe that the Prime Minister had involved law enforcement; she believes she is married to the Prime Minister and cannot understand why she has been arrested. Clara demonstrates which of the following disorders?

A) Delusions of reference
B) Erotomania
C) Narcissism
D) Threat-control override symptoms
E) Borderline personality disorder

Question 8

Steve, a senior partner in a law firm, introduces himself to Theresa, the young temporary office receptionist. Although the contact is brief and professional, Theresa suddenly develops a strong romantic obsession with Steve, and begins leaving love letters on his desk and attempting to phone him at home. This is an example of which category of stalking?

A) Simple obsessional stalker
B) Erotomanic stalker
C) Love obsessional stalker
D) Celebrity stalker
E) Vengeance stalker

Question 9

Intimate partner violence (IPV) includes which of the following?

A) Physical violence
B) Psychological and emotional abuse
C) Sexual violence
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Question 10

Which psychological condition is characterized by an individual accepting negative conditions as unchangeable regardless of their actions?

A) Implicit theory
B) Hypomania
C) Cognitive dissonance
D) Learned helplessness
E) Myopic framework

Question 11

According to Lenore Walker (1984), how does intimate partner violence unfold?

A) Tension-building, acute-battering, and contrition
B) Contrition, tension-building, and acute-battering
C) Contrition, acute-battering, and tension-building
D) Acute-battering, contrition, and tension-building
E) Tension-building, contrition, and acute-battering

Question 12

In which phase of the cycle of abuse does the abuser appear apologetic, promise a happier relationship, and often present the victim with gifts?

A) The isolation phase
B) The honeymoon phase
C) The contrition phase
D) The acute-battering phase
E) The tension-building phase

Question 13

Which type of spousal assaulter exhibits little psychopathology but demonstrates significant problems with confidence and communication in his relationships, and holds generally negative attitudes and beliefs about women and relationships?

A) The family-only assaulter
B) The low self-esteem assaulter
C) The dysphoric assaulter
D) The generally violent assaulter
E) The psychopathic assaulter

Question 14

Borderline personality disorder is characterized by which of the following symptoms?

A) Chronic feelings of emptiness
B) Pervasive, long-standing suspiciousness, and generalized mistrust of others
C) Callous indifference towards others
D) Both A and B
E) All of the above

Question 15

Social learning perspectives of domestic violence argue that behaviours acquired through observation will only be manifested if there is an appropriate event in the environment to act as a stimulus for the behaviour. What are these events referred to as?

A) Regulators
B) Reinforcers
C) Unconditioned stimuli
D) Symbolic models
E) Instigators

Question 16

Which of the following statements does NOT accurately characterize sexual violence?

A) Most incidents of sexual violence involve physical injuries.
B) Victims typically know the perpetrator.
C) Most victims are women.
D) Most incidents of sexual violence do not involve physical injuries.
E) Most perpetrators are men.

Question 17

A high-profile politician is accused of sexually harassing women. He claims that, "boys will be boys," and that he was only engaging in, "locker-room talk." In response to his claims, several star male athletes speak out against, "locker-room talk," and encourage young men to be respectful of women. From a social learning perspective, the response of male athletes is an example of which of the following?

A) Regulator
B) Instigator
C) Aversive instigator
D) Unconditioned response
E) Incentive instigator

Question 18

Which type of adult male rapist exhibits a general pattern of impulsive behaviours and typically commits his sexual offences in the context of another crime?

A) Non-sadistic sexually-oriented rapist
B) Opportunistic rapist
C) Sexually-oriented rapist
D) Vindictive rapist
E) Pervasively angry rapist

Question 19

An individual who derives sexual satisfaction from rubbing up against people in crowded public places would be suffering from which of the following types of paraphilia?

A) Urophilia
B) Exhibitionism
C) Frottage
D) Sadism
E) Klismaphilia

Question 20

The deviant sexual preference theory argues that paraphilic disorders are acquired through ________ and maintained through ________.

A) classical conditioning; operant conditioning
B) delayed satisfaction; immediate satisfaction
C) differential reinforcement; ratio schedules of reinforcement
D) ratio schedules of reinforcement; differential reinforcement
E) operant conditioning; classical conditioning

Question 21

Which type of adult male rapist seeks to humiliate and degrade his victim as the primary motive for sexual assault?

A) Overt sadistic rapist
B) Opportunistic rapist
C) Muted sadistic rapist
D) Vindictive rapist
E) Pervasively angry rapist

Question 22

Studies have found that Internet or online sex offenders are typically which of the following?

A) Poorly educated
B) Less empathetic toward victims than other sex offenders
C) More empathetic toward victims than other sex offenders
D) Lower in aspects of sexual deviance
E) Women

Question 23

Research on the relationship between paraphilic disorders and sexual offending have found which of the following statements to be true?

A) Child sex offenders are more likely to have a paraphilic disorder.
B) There is no link between pedophilia and child sex offences.
C) Almost all sex offenders have paraphilic disorders.
D) Female sex offenders are more likely to exhibit paraphilic disorders.
E) Paraphilic disorders are associated with lowers levels of sexual violence.

Question 24

The song "Blurred Lines" has been criticized for promoting unhealthy ideas about consent and sexual behaviour. Young boys exposed to similar types of song lyrics that promote aggressive sexual behaviour are developing which type of cognitive structure that might facilitate sexual violence?

A) Spatial orientation
B) Schema
C) Conservation of constancies
D) Heuristic
E) Problem-framing

Question 25

Which subgenre of horror films has been frequently criticized for its depictions of violence and sexual content?

A) Slasher films
B) Haunted house films
C) Psychological thrillers
D) Home invasion films
E) Alien films

Question 26

Content analyses of slasher horror films have found which of the following to be true?

A) Promiscuous male characters are more likely to die.
B) Death scenes are longer for promiscuous male characters.
C) Promiscuous male characters are more likely to survive.
D) Violent context is more likely to be juxtaposed with sexual content for male characters.
E) Promiscuous female characters are more likely to die.

Question 27

A convicted child sex offender being assessed by a correctional psychologist minimizes his offences by arguing that he never physically hurt any of his victims and that he suffers from uncontrollable urges. What do these arguments illustrate?

A) Self-efficacy
B) Response-outcome expectancy
C) Implicity theories
D) Elaboration modelling
E) Deviance-disavowal

Question 28

In Neil Malamuth's confluence model of sexual aggression, which causal pathway features attitudes and beliefs that accept violence against women, hostile attitudes towards women, and aggressive attitudes about sexual relationships?

A) Impersonal sexual orientation pathway
B) Antisocial lifestyle pathway
C) Hostile masculinity pathway
D) Psychopathic pathway
E) Neuropsychological difficulties pathway

Question 29

Deviant patterns of sexual arousal are typically assessed with which of the following?

A) PET scan
B) Rorschach test
C) Thematic Apperception Test
D) Penile Plethysmography
E) Projective personality test

Question 30

Several indicators generally associated with an antisocial lifestyle have been linked to sexual violence, including which of the following?

A) Employment problems
B) Prior criminal history
C) Impulsivity
D) Both B and C
E) All of the above

Question 31

What are the three basic legal elements that characterize legal definitions of stalking?

Question 32

Compare and contrast the three major categories of stalkers.

Question 33

Identify and describe the two streams of psychological theory that shaped Lenore Walker's concept of battered woman syndrome.

Question 34

Identify and describe the major typologies of spousal assaulters.

Question 35

Describe how a sex offender might develop a paraphilic disorder using deviant sexual preference theory. In your answer, describe the role of classical and operant conditioning in the acquisition of and maintenance of paraphilic disorders.

Question 36

What are implicit theories? Identify the five implicit theories held by child sex offenders that contribute to or facilitate their sexual aggression.

Question 37

Identify and describe the two major pathways in Malamuth's (2003) confluence model of sexual aggression.

Question 38

Identify and briefly describe the two major categories of risk factors for sexual violence.

Question 39

Using attachment theory and social learning theory, discuss the development of stalking and intimate partner violence and why the two types of crime may be related.

Question 40

From a schema-based model perspective, explain how sexually deviant behaviour develops. Use examples from contemporary society (e.g., media) to illustrate how schemas may develop.