Deck 14: Violence in Families

Question 1

Violence in families takes place between _______

A) spouses and common-law partners.
B) parents and children.
C) elderly family members and younger family members.
D) siblings.
E) all of the above.

Answer 1

all of the above.

Question 2

Gender neutral terms have been used to downplay the fact that ________ is primarily perpetuated by men against women.

A) domestic violence
B) sexual abuse
C) spousal violence
D) intimate partner violence
E) physical abuse

Answer 2

intimate partner violence

Question 3

Violent physical attacks include ________

A) abandonment.
B) failure to provide food.
C) failure to provide medical care.
D) hitting, punching, and slapping.
E) failure to provide for emotional well-being.

Answer 3

hitting, punching, and slapping.

Question 4

_______ occur(s) when a man forces a woman to perform unwanted sexual acts that violate her sexual integrity.

A) Controlling behaviour
B) Mental abuse
C) Dominant abuse
D) Emotional abuse
E) Sexually violent acts

Question 5

The term "________" is defined in Canadian criminal law as the voluntary agreement to engage in an activity.

A) consensus
B) permission
C) consent
D) approval
E) sanction

Question 6

Abuse can be______

A) psychological.
B) verbal.
C) financial.
D) spiritual.
E) all of the above.

Question 7

Challenging a woman's memory of events or disturbing her sense of reality by "_______" is another form of psychological abuse.

A) manipulation.
B) mental manoeuvering.
C) emotional manipulation.
D) conceptual confusion.
E) gaslighting.

Question 8

________ involves denying a woman knowledge of, or access to, the family finances.

A) Gaslighting
B) Financial abuse
C) Commercial abuse
D) Monetary abuse
E) Economic abuse

Question 9

The "________" comes from an old English law in which a husband was allowed to hit his wife in order to discipline her but he was limited to using a rod or stick that was no longer in diameter than his thumb.

A) rule of thumb
B) rule of the stick
C) thumb regulation
D) disciplinary rule
E) thumb method

Question 10

________ data is often collected through survey questionnaires, administered to a representative sample of the population.

A) Qualitative
B) Quantitative
C) Social learning
D) Operational
E) Social conditioning

Question 11

A well-known explanation for the root cause of domestic violence is ________. This theory is based on the assumption that people learn violent and abusive behaviours from their social environment.

A) social conflict theory
B) structural functionalist theory
C) feminist theory
D) post-modern theory
E) social learning theory

Question 12

The following statement regarding domestic violence is false: ________

A) Children who experience domestic violence between their parents or who experience violence at the hands of a parent or sibling learn from these experiences.
B) Children realize that abusive behaviours can take place within the privacy of the family home.
C) Children realize that they should not talk about their experiences of abuse.
D) Heterosexual boys who see their fathers abusing their mothers may go on to abuse their girlfriends.
E) Heterosexual girls who witnessed violence between their parents will go on to abuse their boyfriends.

Question 13

When individual family members recreate abusive patterns in their own relationships, they are taking part in ________

A) the intergenerational transmission of violence.
B) the reproduction of terror.
C) the ongoing generational cycle of abuse.
D) violence co-generationality.
E) the recreation of aggression.

Question 14

After an act of violence has been committed against the wife (e.g. the husband kicked or hit her), the husband will feel badly and apologize for what he has done. He promises that he will never hurt her again and brings her gifts of jewelry and flowers. This post-violence phase is typically known as the ________ phase.

A) honeymoon
B) happiness
C) blissful
D) ecstatic
E) contented

Question 15

Proponents of _______ theory claim that domestic violence is primarily perpetrated by individuals who have psychological problems, negative personality characteristics, or forms of mental illness that cause them to act violently.

A) psychiatric
B) internal behavioural
C) dispositional
D) personality
E) both a and d

Question 16

Since 1993, ________ rates for domestic violence in Canada have been determined using a combination of data from Statistics Canada's General Social Survey on Victimization and crime data collected by police.

A) occurrence
B) incidence
C) prevalence
D) frequency
E) popularity

Question 17

A(n) ________ is a representative subset of the population. It is carefully selected to mirror the diversity of population so that results of statistical analysis can be used to predict characteristics or behaviours in the general population.

A) example
B) model
C) illustration
D) mock-up
E) sample

Question 18

The General Social Survey on Victimization includes questions about different forms of crime including all of the following except ________

A) violent assault.
B) household break and enter.
C) theft.
D) vandalism.
E) homicide.

Question 19

The 1999 General Social Survey data indicate that _______ of women and _______ of men had experienced physical or sexual violence in a current or past relationship in the five years prior to the survey.

A) 8 per cent; 7 per cent
B) 10 per cent; 5 per cent
C) 13 per cent; 10 per cent
D) 15 per cent; 11 per cent
E) 25 per cent; 15 per cent

Question 20

In 2014, analysis of the General Social Survey data indicated a significant decline since 1999 in the rate of physical and sexual violence between spouses and/or common law partners to _______ for both men and women.

A) 2 per cent
B) 4 per cent
C) 6 per cent
D) 8 per cent
E) 10 per cent

Question 21

A quarter of those individuals who had experienced domestic violence in 2014 indicated that they had been _______

A) sexually assaulted.
B) beaten.
C) choked.
D) threatened with a gun or knife.
E) All of the above

Question 22

Of those who experienced spousal sexual assault in 2014, ________ reported non-consensual sex as a result of being manipulated, drugged, or coerced.

A) 25 per cent
B) 36 per cent
C) 47 per cent
D) 59 per cent
E) 64 per cent

Question 23

Statistics Canada (2016) reported that ________ of women reported physical injuries as a result of domestic violence as compared to 24 per cent of men.

A) 30 per cent
B) 40 per cent
C) 45 per cent
D) 50 per cent
E) 55 per cent

Question 24

According to Statistics Canada (2016), ________ of victims of domestic violence reported having witnessed violence between their own parents as a child.

A) 10 per cent
B) 15 per cent
C) 21 per cent
D) 30 per cent
E) 35 per cent

Question 25

According to Amnesty International (2009), Indigenous women are ________ as likely as non-Indigenous women to report experiencing physical or sexual violence at the hands of their spouses or common law partners.

A) two to four times
B) three to five times
C) five to seven times
D) eight times
E) ten times

Question 26

Post-traumatic stress disorder is ________

A) only experienced by those in war-like situations.
B) only experienced by adults who have been physically injured.
C) a mental disorder that develops after a person has experienced or witnessed trauma such as sexual or physical assault.
D) only experienced by youth who have experienced rejection.
E) a physical disorder where an individual is unable to work in the labour force.

Question 27

The World Health Organization (2013) compiled data from 79 countries in estimating the global lifetime prevalence rate for intimate partner violence at ________

A) 10 per cent.
B) 20 per cent.
C) 30 per cent.
D) 40 per cent.
E) 50 per cent.

Question 28

There are a number of additional challenges that immigrant women face alongside domestic violence problems such as ________

A) cultural differences.
B) socio-economic inequality.
C) racism.
D) unfamiliarity with their legal rights.
E) all of the above.

Question 29

The aim of ________ research is to understand the complexity of social life. Methods include in-depth interviews where research participants are able to describe their experiences in detail.

A) quantitative
B) qualitative
C) societal
D) collective
E) shared

Question 30

Contemporary best practices in responding to domestic violence include a variety of intervention strategies in what is referred to as a ________

A) community coordinated response.
B) organized societal response.
C) organized collective reaction.
D) societal intervention reaction.
E) communal organized response.

Question 31

________ is a model of research focused on an outcome of social change. It is a collaborative process that brings together university and community partners in the pursuit of practical knowledge and solutions to pressing social problems.

A) Community coordinated response
B) Action-oriented research
C) Qualitative research
D) Social conflict research
E) Quantitative research

Question 32

It was members of the ________ movement that created the first safe houses or shelters for Canadian women fleeing from violent boyfriends, partners, and spouses in the early 1970s.

A) anti-violence
B) domestic violence
C) feminist
D) social equality
E) women's protectorate

Question 33

In 2014, there were ________ shelters for abused women and their children in Canada.

A) 200
B) 310
C) 450
D) 580
E) 627

Question 34

In Fredericton, New Brunswick, a city with a population of more than 56,000 people, police respond to ________ calls a year related to intimate partner violence.

A) 200 to 300
B) 300 to 400
C) 400 to 500
D) 500 to 600
E) 600 to 700

Question 35

A "________" refers to a pattern of violent behaviours (i.e. emotional, physical, sexual) that recur throughout the course of an intimate relationship.

A) domestic violence sequence
B) familial violence succession
C) cycle of violence
D) progression of violence
E) wheel of violence

Question 36

Violence in families takes place between spouses and common-law partners; it occurs through the abuse of children by parents; it is perpetrated by family members against older persons within the family; and violence is used by siblings against each other.

Question 37

The terms 'violence' and 'abuse' cannot be used interchangeably as they are terms that describe different types of aggressive acts between spouses.

Question 38

Although men are also victims of domestic violence, the majority of victims are women and the majority of perpetrators are men.

Question 39

Psychological and verbal abuse includes name-calling, put-downs, and other attacks on a woman's self-worth.

Question 40

"Gaslighting" refers to a man racking up debts which his spouse is expected to pay.

Question 41

Patriarchy is a form of social order in which males have power over females in families, in politics, and in the economy.

Question 42

Phrases like 'rule of thumb' come from an old English law in which a husband was allowed to hit his wife in order to discipline her.

Question 43

"Spare the rod and spoil the child" is loosely based on passages from the Bible and refers to physical violence used in the discipline of children by their parents.

Question 44

Patriarchal institutions rely on violence of the threat of violence to maintain male power and control over women.

Question 45

It was during the first wave of feminism (in the late 1800s, early 1900s) when women began to speak publicly about their experiences of domestic violence.

Question 46

Many women have difficulty distinguishing between 'ordinary' sexual acts and sexual violence because the latter is so common between heterosexual couples.

Question 47

Many women do not report sexual assaults from intimate partners to the police because they believe that the legal system will not support them.

Question 48

Men who act violently know exactly what they are doing. They do not have any difficulty is accepting responsibility for their actions.

Question 49

The typical cycle of violence has four phases: 1) being intimate; 2) tension building; 3) violence; and 4) honeymoon.

Question 50

Levels of education are not barriers to family violence; however, research has shown that socio-economic standing is a significant barrier.

Question 51

The tension phase of a relationship can take place over the course of an evening or over an extended period of time such as days, weeks, or months.

Question 52

Research has shown that pornography is particularly pernicious in terms of social learning and that men who act abusively towards their intimate partners are more likely than non-violent men to have consumed pornography.

Question 53

Donald Dutton (2005) argues that psychological trauma experienced by men during their childhood leads to the development of personality disorders.

Question 54

One theoretical framework that incorporates both individual personalities and social structures is referred to as social learning theory.

Question 55

Inadequate access to financial resources means that poor women who are battered are more likely to access public services such as a shelter than are wealthier women who have the option of staying in a hotel.

Question 56

Many people do not think of domestic violence as a crime.

Question 57

In 2002, the federal government introduced It's Time: Canada's Strategy to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence which includes the establishment of a national gender-based violence knowledge centre and new survey programs.

Question 58

Of those women who experience domestic violence, many indicated that they had been sexually assaulted, beaten, choked, or threatened with a gun or knife.

Question 59

Of those individuals who reported spousal sexual assault, 59 per cent reported non-consensual sex as a result of being manipulated, drugged, or coerced.

Question 60

Many victims of domestic violence (41 per cent) reported incidents that occurred after the relationship had ended.

Question 61

If a woman is murdered, she is more likely than a man to have been killed in the context of an intimate relationship.

Question 62

The primary approaches to family violence intervention in Canada have been developed based on individualist values.

Question 63

The World Health Organization (2013) compiled data from 50 countries in estimating the global lifetime prevalence rate for intimate partner violence at 70 per cent.

Question 64

Brownridge and Halli (2003) indicate that immigrant women from industrialized countries have higher rates of domestic violence compared to Canadian-born women.

Question 65

Immigrant women in the Maritime region of Canada reported increased autonomy as they become fluent in French and English, increasingly become involved in social networks, and learned to navigate unfamiliar systems of education, employment, and health care.

Question 66

Immigrant men experience a decrease in their social status as they often find it difficult to find employment commensurate with the education and work experience gained in their countries of origin.

Question 67

Immigrant women may be concerned that if they disclose domestic violence to others in their social networks, their families will become the subject of gossip.

Question 68

Attitudes that tolerate violence and abuse are passed down between mothers and daughters from generation to generation.

Question 69

Social conflict theory is another well-known explanation for the root cause of domestic violence.

Question 70

In Fredericton, New Brunswick, police respond to between 50 and 100 calls per year related to intimate partner violence.
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Question 71

Describe the difference between violent physical acts and sexually violent acts.

Question 72

Discuss psychological and verbal abuse.

Question 73

Discuss the effects of financial abuse.

Question 74

How do feminists view the problem of domestic violence?

Question 75

Describe the 'intersectional theoretical approach'.

Question 76

What are the effects on children who have observed violent acts between their parents?

Question 77

Why don't women leave violent relationships?

Question 78

Discuss Donald Dutton's work and how it is used to explain domestic violence.

Question 79

What are social situational/stress and coping theory?

Question 80

Who is susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?