Deck 6: Intimate Partner Violence: - Up Close and Personal

Question 1

__________ refers to harassing or threatening behavior that an individual engages in repeatedly.

A) Threats of physical or sexual violence
B) Stalking
C) Psychological or emotional violence
D) Physical violence

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following offers an example of psychological or emotional violence?

A) Nonconsensual sex
B) Sending unwanted presents
C) Threats to cause harm
D) Social isolation

Answer 2

D

Question 3

_____________ refers to violence perpetrated by victims against their abusive partners.

A) Mutual violent control
B) Intimate terrorism
C) Violent resistant
D) Common couple violence

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Intimate partner violence that contains a pattern of power and control through various forms of violence and abuse best describes:

A) Mutual violent control
B) Intimate terrorism
C) Violent resistant
D) Common couple violence

Question 5

Abusers who are considered to be ____________ are emotionally dependent on their relationships with their victims.

A) Dysphoric-borderline
B) Generally-violent-antisocial
C) Abusively co-dependent
D) Psychopathic

Question 6

Intimate partner violence that generally arises out of an isolated argument and does not show a pattern of control best describes:

A) Mutual violent control
B) Intimate terrorism
C) Violent resistant
D) Common couple violence

Question 7

Which of the following contributes to the controversy concerning gender symmetry in intimate partner violence perpetration and victimization?

A) Disparate research samples
B) Limitations of existing surveys and research instruments
C) Under-reporting by victims
D) All of the above

Question 8

Which of the following is NOT considered a risk factor or correlate of intimate partner violence?

A) Low educational achievement
B) Poverty and unemployment
C) Substance abuse
D) Attempting to leave the relationship

Question 9

Some researchers have found that homicides are more likely to be followed by suicides when:

A) There is evidence that the victim and perpetrator made a "suicide pact"
B) The perpetrator believes he or she is acting out of mercy
C) There is a close bond between the victim and perpetrator
D) All of the above

Question 10

Some researchers believe that the dominant theme among cases where men kill their intimate partners is _____________.

A) Psychopathy
B) Possessiveness
C) Revenge
D) Guilt

Question 11

Mutual violent control is a type of intimate partner violence where two abusive individuals are behaving violently and trying to control one another.

Question 12

Measuring intimate partner violence can produce varying results depending on the types of instruments used to collect data.

Question 13

Most, if not all, family violence researchers agree that men are victimized as much as women when it comes to intimate partner violence rates.

Question 14

Some studies have shown that early parenthood can be a risk factor for intimate partner violence.

Question 15

Most murder-suicides involve what are known as "mercy killings."

Question 16

Both female and male victims of intimate partner violence tend to under-report their victimization. Yet, how do their reasons for not reporting abuse differ from each other?

Question 17

Examine the case study on pages 93-95. What were the warning signs in this case? What do you think could have helped prevent these homicides?