Deck 4: Violence

Question 1

Violence has been linked with a human need to be _____.

Answer 1

aggressive

Question 2

Most psychologists argue that aggression is related to _____.

Answer 2

frustration

Question 3

The seventh physician murdered by the antiabortion movement was _____.

Answer 3

Dr. Barnett Slepian

Question 4

Murder frequently is an act of _____ that the killer himself or herself might later regret.

Question 5

The fatality rate for shootings is about _____ times higher than the rate for stabbings.

Question 6

The most frequently used weapon in armed robberies is the _____.

Question 7

The _____ of revolution suggests that a widening gap between what people want and what they get leads to a revolutionary situation.

Question 8

Studies indicate that watching violence on television _____ people into the norms, attitudes, and values for violence.

Question 9

According to the text, exploitative sexual contact between relatives in which the victim is under the age of 18 is referred to as _____.

Question 10

The use, or threatened use, of violence by people operating entirely within the United States to intimidate or coerce the government and/or citizens in order to reach certain social or political aims is defined as _____.

Question 11

An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events, involving such symptoms as nightmares, recurring thoughts about the trauma, and a lack of involvement with life and guilt is called _____.

Question 12

Forceful, offensive, or hostile behavior toward another person or society is called _____.

Question 13

_____ is defined as the discharge of socially unacceptable emotions in a socially acceptable way.

Question 14

The notion of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is best related to _____.

Question 15

Perhaps a third or more of rape victims exhibit _____, which is an involuntary, reflexive response to a fearful situation, a response in which the victim "freezes" as though paralyzed.

Question 16

A number of cities in the United States have established _____ of male/female police teams with the specific responsibility of dealing with rape cases.

Question 17

According to this text, the use of force to kill, injure, or abuse others is defined as _____.

A) murder
B) simple assault
C) violence
D) psychosis

Question 18

Which of the following is true of interpersonal violence?

A) It is less disruptive and dehumanizing than intergroup violence.
B) It occurs between people who knew each other prior to the violent confrontation.
C) It means confrontation between individuals whose actions are legitimated by their group affiliation.
D) It involves two or more different races, religions, or political groups.

Question 19

Identify an accurate statement about intimate partner violence.

A) Abused men are likely to be more severely traumatized than are abused women.
B) Boys are more likely to suffer negative long-term consequences such as depression, attempted suicide, and drug use than are girls.
C) In emotional abuse, women are more likely to use threats of various kinds, while men tend to use yelling and shouting.
D) Girls are more likely than boys to claim self-defense as one of their motivations for violence.

Question 20

The use, or threatened use, of violence by people operating entirely within the United States to intimidate or coerce the government and/or citizens in order to reach certain social or political aims is defined as _____.

A) organized crime
B) domestic terrorism
C) international terrorism
D) the Mafia

Question 21

The Aryan Nations is _____.

A) a collection of American Indians in the Aryan county Colorado
B) a religious organization in Maine
C) a white-supremacist group
D) a branch of the Republican Party

Question 22

Which of the following considers themselves a tax-resistance group?

A) the Aryan Nation
B) the Brotherhood of Man
C) the Patriots
D) the Posse Comitatus

Question 23

An anxiety disorder associated with serious traumatic events, involving such symptoms as nightmares, recurring thoughts about the trauma, and a lack of involvement with life and guilt is called _____.

A) psychosis
B) split personality
C) posttraumatic stress disorder
D) anxiety disorder

Question 24

Parents who abuse their children _____.

A) usually were never abused by their parents
B) were usually abused by their mother but not their father
C) were usually abused by their parents
D) always come from "broken homes"

Question 25

The textbook characterizes the use of violence as _____.

A) seductive self-destruction
B) highly effective in achieving the goals of the organization
C) usually effective in achieving the goals of the organization
D) usually the "only way" to achieve the goals of the organization

Question 26

A survey of violence associated with the labor movement concluded that _____.

A) the use of violence was highly correlated with achieving the goals of the labor union
B) the use of violence was always ruled out and therefore never used
C) the use of violence achieved the goals of the labor union about 50% of the time
D) the use of violence was almost always harmful to the union

Question 27

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that the total cost of interpersonal violence is at about _____.

A) 7 million dollars
B) 70 million dollars
C) 700 million dollars
D) 70 billion dollars

Question 28

Violence has been linked with a human need to be _____.

A) stupid
B) aggressive
C) scared
D) humble

Question 29

Forceful, offensive, or hostile behavior toward another person or society is called _____.

A) aggression
B) psychosis
C) envy
D) humbleness

Question 30

Studies using national samples have concluded that over time, the use of physical punishment on children _____.

A) causes the children to behave over long term
B) causes the children to behave in the short term and the long term
C) increases the likelihood of delinquent and antisocial behavior by children
D) creates a more stable and controllable child

Question 31

Which of the following is true of the norm of physical punishment that involves children?

A) It dissuades children from using violence to defend themselves or assert their rights.
B) It is associated with violent crimes in adulthood, which are related to the severity of abuse.
C) It decreases the likelihood of aggressive behavior, delinquency, and antisocial behavior by children.
D) It leads children to conform to their parents' expectations in the long term.

Question 32

The committee that investigated the 1968 riot at the Democratic Convention concluded that it was _____.

A) a police riot
B) caused by the news media
C) caused by the long-haired hippies
D) caused by liberal professors

Question 33

Your text suggests that Americans tend to expect and approve violence in the name of _____.

A) freedom
B) democracy
C) justice
D) social order

Question 34

Why is Dr. Barnett Slepian important to the study of violence?

A) He was mugged by a group of Latin Kings on the New York subway.
B) He developed many theories of juvenile delinquency.
C) He was the seventh physician killed by the antiabortion movement.
D) He was the author of a report called Violence in America.

Question 35

Since 1960, approximately how many Americans have died gun-related deaths?

A) more than 1 million
B) 500,000
C) 250,000
D) 100,000

Question 36

For every person killed, nearly _____ others are wounded by firearms.

A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4

Question 37

Which of the following industrialized countries has the highest rate of children killed by guns?

A) England
B) the United States of America
C) France
D) Ireland
E) Germany

Question 38

The saying "when guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns" demonstrates the _____.

A) fallacy of dramatic instance
B) fallacies of thinking
C) fallacy of retrospective determinism
D) fallacy of appeal to prejudice

Question 39

The fatality rate for shootings is about _____ times higher than the rate for stabbings.

A) five
B) four
C) three
D) two

Question 40

What is the most frequently used weapon in armed robberies?

A) knives
B) guns
C) rocks
D) clubs

Question 41

The most frequent kind of offender-victim relationship in homicides in homes is that of _____.

A) home owner-burglar
B) home owner-rapist
C) home owner-intruder
D) husband-wife

Question 42

There are studies that show that the presence of a firearm _____.

A) decreases aggressive behavior
B) increases aggressive behavior
C) deters criminal activity
D) causes people to behave in a very peaceful manner

Question 43

A sense of deprivation based on some standard used by the individual who feels deprived is called _____.

A) systemic deprivation
B) relative deprivation
C) economic deprivation
D) cultural deprivation

Question 44

The J-curve theory of revolution suggests that _____.

A) a widening gap between what people want and what they get leads to a revolutionary situation
B) when poverty increases, the likelihood of revolution increases
C) when racism increases, the likelihood of revolution increases
D) war causes unequal distributions of power

Question 45

Which of the following is true of relative deprivation as a social psychological factor for violence?

A) The objective assessment of a deprivation is more important than any attitudes people have toward their deprivation.
B) Relative deprivation leads to positive feelings about oneself, which motivates one to use violent means to cope with one's situation.
C) Actual satisfaction of the people's needs and their expectations is lower at the time of a revolution than earlier.
D) The attitudes of people rather than their objective condition make a situation revolutionary.

Question 46

The notion of "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" is best related to _____.

A) retributiveness
B) deterrence
C) democratic justice
D) incapacitation

Question 47

_____ as a value means an affirmation of the right to violence, including killing, in order to defend oneself or one's family.

A) Retributiveness
B) Self-defense
C) Dehumanization
D) Seductive self-destruction

Question 48

These authors argue that the portrayal of violence in motion pictures and on television _____.

A) actually decreases the amount of violence in society
B) has no effect on the amount of violence in society
C) increases the level of violence in society
D) increases the amount of violence in children but never in adults

Question 49

Sexual intercourse with a female who is under the legal age for consenting is called _____.

A) forcible rape
B) carnal knowledge
C) statutory rape
D) sexual knowledge

Question 50

According to the text, exploitative sexual contact between relatives in which the victim is under the age of 18 is referred to as _____.

A) felony assault
B) incest
C) "kissing cousins"
D) indecent liberties with a relative

Question 51

The _____ involves two phases of reaction of a victim: an initial, acute phase of disorganization and a long-term phase of reorganization.

A) anxiety disorder
B) tonic immobility
C) intense emotional trauma
D) rape trauma syndrome

Question 52

Which of the following is true of the rape crisis centers?

A) They offer assistance in dealing with authorities.
B) They provide free legal and medical care.
C) They penalize police officers who treat rape victims negatively.
D) They provide free medical services for sexually transmitted diseases such as prophylaxis.

Question 53

The United States is one of the most violent nations in the Western world.

Question 54

In general, the young are less likely to be victims of, or witnesses to, interpersonal violence than adults.

Question 55

All the militias view a government as a tyrannical enemy.

Question 56

Even if parents do not abuse their children, the children may be harmed by witnessing violence between the parents.

Question 57

Parents who abuse their children were rarely abused by their own parents.

Question 58

The authors of your text suggest that Americans tend to expect and approve violence in the name of social order.

Question 59

Americans are one of the most heavily armed people on earth.

Question 60

The more confidence that citizens have in a federal government, the more likely they are to own firearms.

Question 61

Contrary to popular belief, the portrayal of violence in motion pictures and on television does not increase the level of violence in society.

Question 62

Contrary to popular belief, the majority of rapes are interracial.

Question 63

In general, it seems the more that men are integrated into a culture where the norms support male dominance and superiority, the less likely they are to find rape acceptable.

Question 64

Almost all crimes are reported to the police.

Question 65

Retributiveness is paying people back for their socially unacceptable behavior.