Deck 10: Abused and Abusive Partners in Understudied Populations

Question 1

The reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (2005):

A) Must be expanded to include Muslims.
B) Expanded to cover marginalized groups.
C) Should expand to include elder men.
D) Calls for voluntary attitude changes.

Answer 1

Expanded to cover marginalized groups.

Question 2

Which statement is TRUE?

A) Battered women uniformly recognize that they are abused.
B) The idea of abuse is un-interpretable because foreign influences.
C) Violence against women is currently the primary global issue.
D) Cultural beliefs about gender roles greatly influence definitions.

Answer 2

Cultural beliefs about gender roles greatly influence definitions.

Question 3

One goal of intersectional research is to:

A) Improve understanding of marginalized groups.
B) Show that the American culture is superior.
C) Prevent the marriage of girls under 14 years of age.
D) Enhance the economic position of immigrants.

Answer 3

Improve understanding of marginalized groups.

Question 4

Which statement is TRUE?

A) Violence against women (VAW) is a relatively new phenomenon.
B) The devaluation of women occurs primarily in Mediterranean countries.
C) The World Health Organization focuses more on VAW than on human rights.
D) Amnesty International focuses more on teenage VAW than on human rights.

Question 5

The percentage of women physically assaulted by their husband in a 1999 study of 48 nations, ranged from 10% to:

A) 39%
B) 49%
C) 59%
D) 69%

Question 6

The vast amount of violence against women:

A) Indicates the tribal character of many nations.
B) Points to patriarchy as the basic determinant.
C) Shows that religious tenets have had minimal influence on behavior.
D) Suggests women evoke punishment because of their actions.

Question 7

Research suggests that because of female enculturation:

A) There are almost no culturally unique types of violence against women.
B) Male dominance is on the wane in nearly every nation.
C) Women approve of bias against women as much as men do.
D) Women are male controlled but male protected and cherished.

Question 8

The position that one culture cannot justifiably judge the practices of another is known as:

A) Cultural tolerance.
B) Cultural relativism.
C) Cultural incorporation.
D) Cultural bipartisanship.

Question 9

According to cultural anthropologists, Boas and Herskovits:

A) There can never be universal standards for judging other cultures.
B) Various cultures need a type of cultural privacy just as families do.
C) Cultural relativism can add little philosophy to the field of family violence.
D) Anthropologists are misguided when searching for cultural differences.

Question 10

Which term(s) is LEAST descriptive of VAW in Africa?

A) Polygamy.
B) Fewer births per woman.
C) Female-directed birth control.
D) Greater exposure to HIV.

Question 11

When women's economic contribution to the family is about equal to men's:

A) Imbalance theory may explain the reduced level of VAW.
B) Social learning theory is the best explanatory framework for VAW.
C) Male dominance still overrides forces reducing the level of VAW.
D) Male jealousy increases any previous reductions in VAW.

Question 12

Intimate homicides in Ghana reveal that:

A) Homicides are rare because the punishment for spouse homicide is severe.
B) Male-to-female rates are 5 times more frequent than female-to-male rates.
C) South Africa has the lowest spouse homicide rate on the African continent.
D) Gender differences exist exclusively in the lowest 32% of the population.

Question 13

Among Koreans:

A) The high percentage of wife-to husband assaults signifies female power.
B) Because inter-spousal conflict is considered shameful it rarely occurs.
C) Husband-to-wife violence is highest among male-dominant marriages.
D) Sexual violence occurs at a higher rate than physical violence.

Question 14

In India, which statement is FALSE?

A) Young wives only have to obey their husband and father-in-law.
B) Society considers that women are responsible for their own victimization.
C) Mothers-in-law try to protect the new brides in the family.
D) Burning a wife on a funeral pyre is the most common type of homicide.

Question 15

Which statement is TRUE in India?

A) Men often force women to use contraceptives to limit family size.
B) The rate of sexual abuse against Indian wives is extremely high.
C) Because there are no laws against dowry murders they rarely occur.
D) Women come to realize they are not responsible for their abuse.

Question 16

The rationale underlying dowry murders in India is nearly always:

A) Punishable.
B) Jealousy.
C) Religious.
D) Economic.

Question 17

Forcing women to give birth in a cowshed often occurs in:

A) Southern India.
B) India.
C) Nepal.
D) Southern Africa.

Question 18

Among the countries grouped in the Southern Asian countries:

A) Hong Kong has the lowest rate of IPV.
B) Vietnam has the highest rate of sexual abuse.
C) Jealousy causes IPV most often in the Philippines.
D) Bangladesh is noteworthy for its dowry murders.

Question 19

In regard to acid throwing in Bangladesh:

A) The criminal justice system vigorously prosecutes offenders.
B) It is common for jealous girlfriends to perpetrate against cheating boyfriends.
C) At least medical treatment is readily available for female victims.
D) Men may offend against a girlfriend who rejected a marriage proposal.

Question 20

In a study of sexual jealousy in China:

A) Females report much more victimization than males.
B) Society disapproves of victimization more than perpetration.
C) Fewer individuals claim to be victims than perpetrators.
D) The findings are applicable primarily to teenage couples.

Question 21

In Hong Kong:

A) Chinese victims have high intentions to report their abuse.
B) Reports of victimization are low because of family privacy beliefs.
C) Agencies for reporting abuse are plentiful and available to victims.
D) People hold very similar conceptions about the meaning of abuse.

Question 22

A few findings about husband-to-wife IPV in Vietnam:

A) Show that MFIPV decreased over the decades.
B) Show that men approve of male dominance more than women do.
C) Support a backlash effect against higher status wives.
D) Support a cultural acceptance of matriarchal power.

Question 23

Which statement is TRUE of Pacific Islanders?

A) The usual risk factors for IPV occur rarely.
B) Family dysfunction is a risk factor for men only.
C) A factor that promotes abuse is marginalization.
D) IPV is more frequent among spouses than cohabitants.

Question 24

Which statement is TRUE about the Taliban in Afghanistan?

A) Husbands may starve wives who refuse to have sex.
B) Husbands may kill noncompliant wives.
C) Wives have won the right to wear Western clothes.
D) Women are forced to work long hours outside the home.

Question 25

In the Middle East:

A) Fathers and mothers generally share custody of children after a divorce.
B) Parents protect daughters by not letting them marry until their twenties.
C) Restrictions on premarital sex are loosening every few years.
D) Poverty-stricken parents may sell very young girls as brides.

Question 26

In honor societies:

A) Women but not men are punished for premarital sex.
B) Men are held totally accountable for rape even if the woman is drunk.
C) Brothers have more rights to kill a "dishonorable" sister than fathers.
D) The family's honor depends upon the public behavior of women.

Question 27

In Egypt:

A) Judges tend to punish wife beating with long sentences.
B) Wife beating is the natural outcome of Islamic beliefs.
C) Wife beating stems primarily from cultural traditions.
D) Women in a rural area are less at risk for wife beating.

Question 28

In Israel:

A) Over half of both genders subscribe to wife beating for infidelity.
B) Gender equality in the Kibbutzim appears to lessen MFIPV.
C) A wife can use MFIPV as an excuse to break up a marriage.
D) Israeli laws prohibit divorce for any reason.

Question 29

Medical professionals in Islamic countries:

A) Collude in a conspiracy of silence about violence against women.
B) Tend not to believe women who claim to be abused or raped.
C) Have to go to court frequently to testify about women's injuries from MFIPV.
D) Are likely to belong to a "good ol boys club" of men who drink together at bars.

Question 30

In the European countries:

A) Society supports the idea of couples counseling for violent partners.
B) Romania gathers the best data on prevalence and incidence.
C) Research has been more influential as a response to IPV than theorizing.
D) Their similarity of cultures has created a uniformity of treatments.

Question 31

The table on prevalence/incidence of IPV in Europe indicates that:

A) Most countries keep data on intimate partner homicides.
B) Some countries gather data on IPV among ex-partners.
C) Most countries gather data on IPV annually.
D) IPV is especially gender neutral in these countries.

Question 32

The box on Scottish women's attempts to stop MFIPV said that:

A) Confronting abusers and fighting back was usually effective.
B) Cajoling abusers via verbal agreement was usually effective.
C) Battered women undertook almost no action to stop the abuse.
D) Battered women went public after many other attempts failed.

Question 33

Which statement is FALSE about IPV in Russia?

A) Religious leaders have strongly condemned any IPV.
B) Alcoholism is a serious problem and a contributor to MFIPV.
C) A protective factor was living in a communal-style apartment.
D) Police responses are a serious problem for MFIPV victims.

Question 34

Which cultural belief in Latin cultures does NOT contribute to MFIPV?

A) Authoritarian parenting.
B) Machismo.
C) Self-sacrifice of wives.
D) Family values.

Question 35

Which was NOT a contributor to abuse of pregnant Latin women?

A) Religious dogma.
B) Being unmarried.
C) Not living with their partner.
D) Having a lower income.

Question 36

The social ties of Latin women:

A) Protect them in their natal home.
B) Protect them in their husband's home
C) Contribute to their victimization.
D) Contribute to their growing autonomy.

Question 37

In regard to North American IPV:

A) One researcher in Greenland attributes IPV to lack of education and poor health care.
B) Alcohol is a robust factor in IPV among indigenous groups in Greenland.
C) Canadian research has remained quite separate from research in the United States.
D) Canada's open immigration policy has served to lower the rates of IPV and sexual assault.

Question 38

Around the world:

A) Despite male dominance recognition of MFIPV is nearly universal.
B) The level of MFIPV is greater than the level of global violence against women.
C) Lack of economic resources is one of the strongest correlates of MFIPV.
D) Young attractive brides receive better treatment than older wives.

Question 39

Which is NOT a global correlate of MFIPV?

A) Immigrant status.
B) Alcohol misuse.
C) Inadequate health care.
D) Women's proviolence attitudes.

Question 40

South Asian women's mental model of the good wife and good daughter:

A) Is slowly freeing women from lifelong servitude.
B) Provides support for social role theory of IPV.
C) Has led to an evolutionary theory of IPV.
D) Has led to an outcry against dowry murders.

Question 41

In regard to race and ethnicity:

A) Race as a psychological variable is a fairly accurate predictor of behavior.
B) Race as a genetic variable is a fairly accurate predictor of behavior.
C) The blend of psychological and genetic race factors predicts the best.
D) Ethnicity is a better predictor of behavior than other race variables.

Question 42

Ethnicity implies:

A) A psychological and social identity based on heritage.
B) A combination of psychological and genetic factors.
C) Immigration status and acculturation of new values.
D) The transition of values from one culture to another.

Question 43

Which is TRUE of ethnic and minority research?

A) Samples include either immigrants or non-immigrants.
B) It is valid to compare African Americans with Asian immigrants.
C) The government funds only projects that study ethnic groups equally.
D) Certain minority groups have attracted more attention than others.

Question 44

Which is NOT a common stressor among immigrants?

A) Feelings of oppression and marginalized.
B) Having to send money back home to families
C) The lack of legislative protections.
D) Acculturation demands.

Question 45

Minority status in America includes:

A) A general outpouring of acceptance and support from Native Americans.
B) The benefit of covering up inadequacies through data aggregation.
C) The in-group variations create strong bonds among those in the same group.
D) Being shamed by the criminal behavior of anyone in their minority.

Question 46

Coverture refers to the assumption that:

A) Coverage of immigrant IPV is missing.
B) A married couple has a single entity.
C) Couples seek complete absolution.
D) Men and women should be equal.

Question 47

The assumption of coverture as applied to immigrants meant that:

A) Battered immigrant women could not independently pursue visas.
B) Wives did not need immigration papers if their husband had a visa.
C) Immigrant women had finally obtained legal protections.
D) Was a new doctrine used to force battered women into early marriages.

Question 48

Immigrant women who are especially at risk are:

A) Those who accept their culture's belief in coverture.
B) Those whose husbands are polygamous.
C) Mail-order brides.
D) Racially-mixed brides.

Question 49

New laws applicable to immigrant women allow:

A) Payment to American battered women who mentored abused immigrants.
B) Welfare benefits for those who have lost an undocumented husband.
C) Those who report crimes to become citizens of the U.S.
D) Undocumented abused women to obtain a green card.

Question 50

Immigrants who break American laws:

A) Have special legal protections.
B) Are quickly deported to their country of origin.
C) Have attorneys who may make use of a cultural defense.
D) Are held to different standards than native-born Americans.

Question 51

General observations of prevalence of IPV among racial/ethnic groups show:

A) That aggregating data helps to clarify ethnic group differences.
B) That racial groups show very little difference in rates.
C) That ethnic groups vary significantly between groups.
D) That ethnic groups vary significantly within their own group.

Question 52

Which statement about prevalence of IPV is TRUE of racial/ethnic groups?

A) Native American Indians report less IPV than Hispanic Americans.
B) White women report less IPV than all other minority groups.
C) Most abused Native American women receive welfare.
D) Black women report less sexual abuse than Hispanic women.

Question 53

Which is TRUE of IPV among Black couples?

A) Black men suffer very little FMIPV.
B) The high IPV rates among Black couples are racist.
C) Male joblessness is a risk factor for MFIPV.
D) Female feminism account for much FMIPV.

Question 54

Which statement is TRUE of Arab immigrant women?

A) Almost all of them thought abused women should seek a divorce.
B) 100% reported mild physical abuse.
C) About 20% had been injured by IPV.
D) About 10% had suffered severe abuse.

Question 55

Among Arab immigrant women:

A) Most thought wives were responsible for their own abuse.
B) Most thought women should dictate the timing of sex.
C) About 25% thought killing a wife for infidelity was justified.
D) Abused women usually went to mainstream counselor for help.

Question 56

After 10 years in the U.S., battered Arab women's attitudes toward IPV:

A) Were dissimilar to those of American women.
B) Had become more liberated.
C) Reflected a backlash effect toward feminism.
D) Had slowly rejected male dominance year by year.

Question 57

Based on interview data with American Indian women:

A) The idea of hurting others for gossiping about you was unpopular.
B) They endorsed the idea of responding to being hit by hitting back.
C) They emphasized psychological abuse over physical abuse.
D) They endorsed the idea of walking away if someone tries to start a fight.

Question 58

Which term(s) LEAST describes the American Indian experience?

A) Racial respect.
B) Historical trauma.
C) Restorative justice.
D) Learned helplessness.

Question 59

South Asian immigrant women describing their problems are likely to say:

A) Husband-to-wife IPV.
B) Mother-in-law trouble.
C) Children's health problems.
D) Financial management.

Question 60

Which statement is TRUE about Haitian immigrants?

A) Most have legitimate visas.
B) They value police intervention.
C) Wife abuse is considered normal.
D) They long to return to Haiti.

Question 61

In the Latino culture:

A) Battered Latinas most fear losing custody of their children.
B) Acculturation and acculturation stress contribute to IPV.
C) Black women are more likely to report MFIPV at health clinics.
D) Latinas are less likely to disclose MFIPV than Blacks women.

Question 62

Which is NOT stated as a reason why Black women hesitate to disclose MFIPV?

A) Their sexual feelings about their partner are very strong.
B) The stereotype of strong invulnerable Black women.
C) Disclosure may seem like disloyalty to the community.
D) They have already experienced unhelpful/biased responses from the criminal justice system.

Question 63

Which statement is TRUE?

A) English speaking Latinas perpetrated less FMIPV than non-English speakers.
B) Latinas calling the police for MFIPV were actually the primary aggressors.
C) Black women have more mood disorders than Black men.
D) Black women have more substance abuse disorders than Black men.

Question 64

In a study of Latino men incarcerated for MFIPV, the men said:

A) Raising community awareness about battering would be helpful.
B) That their own arrest and incarceration was not very serious.
C) Their self-control problems were responses to their wife's FMIPV.
D) They were sorry for their MFIPV and they would never do it again.

Question 65

Which statement is TRUE?

A) Korean men are especially likely to complete IPV treatment.
B) Korean batterers said poverty was the primary driver of their IPV.
C) Latino men were especially likely to complete treatment for MFIPV.
D) Black men were more apt than White men to complete IPV treatment.

Question 66

Which statement is TRUE about motivation for FMIPV?

A) White women perpetrated significantly more FMIPV than Black women.
B) Motives for Hispanic, Black, and White women were almost identical. .
C) White women were more likely than others to perpetrate FMIPV for retaliation.
D) Both Mexican and African women perpetrated FMIPV to increase intimacy.

Question 67

Which statement is TRUE of African American FMIPV victims?

A) Female depression is the primary motive for FMIPV.
B) Abuse-instigated anger is the primary motive for FMIPV.
C) PTSD is a direct precursor to FMIPV.
D) Female suicidal thoughts are directly associated with FMIPV.

Question 68

Which group of battered women is most likely to call the police for MFIPV?

A) African American.
B) Asian American.
C) Anglo American.
D) Arab/Israeli Americans.

Question 69

Which statement is TRUE of police behavior in regard to MFIPV?

A) Police bias against Arab women in stronger than against Latinas.
B) One study showed high police approval by Latinas.
C) Police treat minority and majority victims about the same.
D) Police try to make as many dual arrests of Arab couples as possible.

Question 70

Which statement is TRUE about the consequences of MFIPV?

A) American Indian women suffer very low rates of injuries from MFIPV.
B) Latina victims of MFIPV suffer more injuries than non-Latina victims.
C) Minority and nonminority MFIPV victims suffer equivalent amounts of HIV.
D) American Indian victims suffer the lowest rate of HIV among minority victims.

Question 71

Which effect of MFIPV for minorities was NOT mentioned in the text?

A) Fear.
B) Paranoia.
C) PTSD.
D) Depression.

Question 72

Minority helpseeking battered women were most likely to:

A) Have high social status.
B) Go to shelters.
C) Leave the country.
D) Have social support.

Question 73

Arab abused women who were most likely to seek help:

A) Were economically self-sufficient.
B) Did not think wife beating was justifiable.
C) Had numerous family and religious ties.
D) Had brothers who protected her.

Question 74

In the comparison of 12,039 Latinos and non-Latinos:

A) Latinos were more likely than others to ask several professionals for help.
B) The two groups were equivalent in seeking help from informal sources.
C) Latinos were more likely than non-Latinos to call a shelter for help.
D) Latinos were the most likely to ask for in-home family counseling..

Question 75

In regard to social support for minority battered women:

A) Social support is practically nonexistent for Asian women.
B) Most Latinas find social support among Church congregants.
C) Black women can rely on a strong kinship network for support.
D) White women are more satisfied with their social support than Black women.

Question 76

In regard to leave/stay decisions:

A) Minority MFIPV victims are quite dissimilar to nonminority victims.
B) Being a homemaker was a protective factor for minority women
C) Mexican American victims needed welfare support because of MFIPV.
D) Vietnamese victims who left were more fearful than those who did not.

Question 77

Which statement is FALSE about battered minority women?

A) Special shelter services for Haitian women are easily accessible in the U.S.
B) Lack of language proficiency is a strong barrier for Latinas seeking services.
C) Most minority groups have a strong collectivist or family-oriented set of goals.
D) African and Native Indian women face racial bias in obtaining help for MFIPV.

Question 78

Rural areas are those:

A) Where residents form close-knit religious groups.
B) That occur most frequently in industrial regions.
C) With no minorities.
D) With fewer than 2,500 residents.

Question 79

Which statement about IPV in rural areas is FALSE?

A) There are many social problems such as teen pregnancy.
B) There is strong medical support for MFIPV victims.
C) The rate of gun use is very high.
D) There is a high crime rate.

Question 80

Which statement is TRUE of rural IPV?

A) The homicide rate is lower than in urban and suburban areas.
B) Rural women seek shelters for sexual assault more than urban women.
C) The type of MFIPV encountered could be called intimate terrorism.
D) Rural Whites seek shelter for sexual assault more than rural Blacks.