Deck 12: Power and Violence

Question 1

Brian and Benita are an immigrant couple who live in a poorly connected suburban town. Benita is a stay-at-home mom who has no friends in town. She does not know to drive and hence has to depend on Brian to drive her downtown or explore the city. Although she would like to go out more frequently, Brian says he cannot take her out more than once a week. In this case, Brian exercises a form of power known as:

A) fate control.
B) behavior control.
C) coercive control.
D) normative control.

Answer 1

fate control.

Question 2

Carla tells her partner that she will agree to cook every day only if he washes the dishes. This is an example of:

A) fate control.
B) behavior control.
C) mate-guarding.
D) accommodation.

Answer 2

behavior control.

Question 3

Amy's husband, Kevin, did all the housework for the two weeks that Amy went abroad on a business trip. So when Kevin asked her if they could visit his parents for a week, she could not refuse although she had other plans. In this case, Kevin holds ________ over Amy.

A) legitimate power
B) informational power
C) referent power
D) expert power

Answer 3

legitimate power

Question 4

According to research done by Pratto and Walker, which of the following is true in societies that accumulate wealth?

A) On average, men enjoy more power than women.
B) On average, men and women enjoy equal amounts of power.
C) Men used to enjoy more power than women, but this trend has begun reversing since 2004.
D) The power balance between men and women in marriage specifically depends on who earns a higher income.

Question 5

According to research by Fast et al., which of the following statements is true of powerful people?

A) Compared with less powerful people, they tend to think that they can control events that are uncontrollable.
B) They are very good at comprehending others' points of view.
C) They view others' moral transgressions less harshly than their own.
D) They expect that their subordinates will find them sexually unattractive and hence flirt less than less powerful people do.

Question 6

According to a study conducted by Falbo and Peplau, which of the following is a direct strategy to influence a partner to do something?

A) Explicitly asking for what one wants
B) Making ambiguous requests
C) Sulking when one's wishes are unfulfilled
D) Hinting casually at what one wants

Question 7

Research on strategies used to influence a partner has found that on average, heterosexual men report more extensive use of:

A) direct and unilateral strategies.
B) indirect and bilateral strategies.
C) direct and bilateral strategies.
D) indirect and unilateral strategies.

Question 8

According to studies on the balance of power in relationships, in which of the following instances is a heterosexual marriage most likely to be satisfying?

A) When the husband holds more power in decision making
B) When the wife holds more power in decision making
C) When the spouse who earns more holds more power in decision making
D) When the husband and wife share decision making equally

Question 9

According to research by Johnson, which of the following statements is true of situational couple violence?

A) It is more likely than intimate terrorism to escalate into a serious conflict.
B) It is more likely than intimate terrorism to be tied to specific incidents.
C) It is the least common type of violence in relationships.
D) The majority of perpetuators of situational couple violence are women.

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true of intimate terrorism?

A) It is less likely to involve serious injury to its target than situational couple violence.
B) When it is present in a relationship, it occurs more often than situational couple violence.
C) It is more likely to be two-sided than situational couple violence.
D) It is disproportionately authored by women.

Question 11

In terms of gender differences in partner violence, women are:

A) more likely than men to choke, strangle, and beat up their partners.
B) more likely than men to engage in indirect aggression.
C) more likely than men to use violence as a tool in an ongoing pattern of domination and influence.
D) less likely than men to ruin someone's reputation by spreading gossip.