Deck 13: Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, and Abuse

Question 1

The Boomerang effect

A)is made up of grown children returning to live with their parents.
B)can be caused by divorce and high housing costs.
C)consists of empty nesters having to now care for their elderly parents.
D)Both A and B are correct.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

________ produce(s)mild sedation at low doses and hallucinations at high doses.

A)Depressants
B)Cannabis
C)Hallucinogens
D)Opiates

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is an unpredictable stressor?

A)infidelity
B)unemployment
C)aging
D)Both A and B are correct.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A family member suffering from substance abuse would be an example of

A)an internal stressor.
B)an external stressor.
C)a hassle.
D)a life cycle event.

Question 5

Alcoholism affects the family in the following way:

A)children of alcoholics are more insecure and anxious.
B)children of alcoholics have higher levels of conflict and dissatisfaction in their marriages in adult life.
C)an alcoholic mother causes more emotional damage to her children than an alcoholic father.
D)Both A and B are correct.

Question 6

Partners who are sexually fulfilled and happy in their marriages can still have affairs. This type of affair is called

A)marriage maintenance.
B)intimacy reduction.
C)reactive.
D)hedonistic.

Question 7

The illegal drug Ecstasy is considered to be a

A)stimulant.
B)depressant.
C)opiate.
D)designer drug.

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of a hassle?

A)losing your car keys
B)worrying about your physical appearance
C)having too many things to do
D)All of the above

Question 9

Which of the following is classified as an anxiety disorder?

A)obsessive-compulsive disorder
B)bulimia
C)depression
D)schizophrenia

Question 10

What percentage of marriages fail when people divorce and marry their affair partner?

A)25%
B)40%
C)58%
D)75%

Question 11

What steps are important to take when serious illness occurs in a family?

A)viewing the illness as a challenge
B)realizing that both partners need time away from the role of caretaker.
C)prioritizing the relationship over the illness
D)All of the above

Question 12

Which of the following is an internal stressor?

A)long-term illness
B)a new baby
C)substance abuse
D)All of the above

Question 13

Frustrating, irritating life events are called

A)hassles.
B)stress.
C)resilience.
D)crises.

Question 14

An example of a crisis is

A)serious illness.
B)unemployment.
C)an automobile accident.
D)All of the above

Question 15

Income declines ________ upon retirement.

A)10-20%
B)20-30%
C)30-50%
D)50-60%

Question 16

The sandwich generation usually occurs for couples in the ________ phase of life.

A)middle-aged
B)childrearing
C)beginning
D)retirement

Question 17

________ is a mental disorder characterized by depression or elevation of moods.

A)Suicide
B)A mood disorder
C)Bulimia
D)An anxiety disorder

Question 18

The Social Readjustment Scale

A)identifies positive stressors.
B)identifies negative stressors.
C)gave suggestions on how to reduce stress.
D)Both A and B are correct.

Question 19

Five years after an elderly parent's death, ________ of adult children still cry when thinking about them.

A)10%
B)25%
C)42%
D)63%

Question 20

Affairs that are engaged in during midlife crisis, to reassure someone of their youthfulness and desirability, are called ________ affairs.

A)marriage maintenance
B)intimacy reduction
C)reactive
D)hedonistic

Question 21

________ of intimate couples admitted to cursing and threatening their partner.

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

Question 22

_______ out of 4 wives will become widowed.

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

Question 23

In the sixth stage of Rosen and Stith's research on how women escape from domestic violence, women will

A)find a job to support themselves.
B)put their children in new schools.
C)sometimes return to their battering partners.
E)All of the above

Question 24

A secret intimate relationship that develops through the internet is called a ________ affair.

A)hedonistic
B)cybersex
C)reactive
D)None of the above

Question 25

After the death of a spouse,

A)men were more depressed than women.
B)the surviving spouse's health begins to deteriorate.
C)the surviving spouse experiences loss of an identity.
D)All of the above

Question 26

Men feeling the need to "control" their women by any means necessary is an example of

A)common couple violence.
B)patriarchal terrorism.
C)escalation violence.
D)spillover violence.

Question 27

The death of a child

A)is considered by many researchers to be the highest stressor in life.
B)is linked to later hospitalization of parents for mental illness.
C)may result in parents never healing from the loss.
D)All of the above

Question 28

Which of the following statements about homosexual relationships and violence is correct?

A)Lesbian victims are more likely to fight back than are straight women.
B)Gay men are less abusive toward their partners than are heterosexual men toward theirs.
C)Lesbians who batter are more apt to seek treatment than are gays who batter.
D)All of the above

Question 29

A women's ________ is a secret home that provides temporary housing to abused women.

A)shelter
B)safe house
C)halfway house
D)hotline

Question 30

When women feel they cannot do anything about their abusive situation, they are experiencing

A)guilt.
B)self-pity.
C)learned helplessness.
D)traditional role socialization.

Question 31

Men who engage in physical and/or emotional aggression often

A)come from homes where the fathers were abusive.
B)were sexually promiscuous as adolescents.
C)have traditional, stereotypic views of women.
D)All of the above

Question 32

The phase of marital violence in which minor conflicts occur is called the ________ phase.

A)escalation
B)rising tension
C)calmness
D)explosion

Question 33

Which of the following are reasons women cite for not leaving their abusive partners?

A)They fear continued violence.
B)They fear being alone.
C)They still love their partners.
D)All of the above

Question 34

Research by Gelles and Strauss found that marital violence occurred in ________ marriages.

A)one in 4
B)one in 6
C)one in 9
D)one in 12

Question 35

According to the 1983 Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes, the most severe stressor was

A)death of a spouse.
B)death of a child.
C)terminal illness.
D)death of a parent.

Question 36

More than 92% of victims of family violence reported to the police are

A)children.
B)men.
C)women.
D)teenage females.

Question 37

A risk factor associated with family violence is

A)youth.
B)low income status.
C)belief in traditional gender roles.
D)All of the above

Question 38

People who have given up looking for work and have dropped out of the labor force are called

A)underemployed workers.
B)discouraged workers.
C)unemployed workers.
D)alienated workers.

Question 39

Which of the following is an example of emotional violence?

A)constant criticism
B)sarcasm
C)threats to kill the partner
D)All of the above

Question 40

The most common form of rape is

A)acquaintance rape.
B)stranger rape.
C)child rape.
D)homosexual rape.

Question 41

Intimacy reduction affairs are engaged in to prevent too much closeness between marriage partners.

Question 42

A loving relationship is a primary variable in preventing adultery.

Question 43

Affairs can be emotional and not sexual.

Question 44

Winning the lottery is an example of a eustressor.

Question 45

Which of the following constitutes child sexual abuse?

A)unnecessary exposure of private parts
B)unwanted kissing and hugging
C)intercourse
D)All of the above

Question 46

Child abuse occurs more often in minority families but is reported more in non-Hispanic white families.

Question 47

Substance abuse and substance dependence are the same.

Question 48

In Panel 13.3, which group is identified as having the highest rate of committing elder abuse?

A)other elders
B)spouses
C)adult children
D)home service providers

Question 49

Which of the following are risk factors for child abuse?

A)Parents have a history of being physically punished as children.
B)Alcohol or drug abuse is present in the home.
C)Parents have unrealistic expectations for their children at certain ages.
D)All of the above

Question 50

The negative effects on the family are the greatest when the mother is an alcoholic.

Question 51

A positive stressful event is called a

A)distressor.
B)eustressor.
C)stressor overload.
D)challenge stressor.

Question 52

Child sexual abuse by a non-family member is termed

A)intrafamilial abuse.
B)extrafamilial abuse.
C)incest.
D)child rape.

Question 53

The Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect found that in 1993 ________ of known abused and neglected children were investigated by child protective services.

A)15%
B)28%
C)36%
D)52%

Question 54

In Panel 13.2, which of the following factors is NOT cited as a risk factor for violence?

A)poverty
B)traditional gender stereotypes
C)college attendance
D)unemployment

Question 55

The abandonment of an elder person at a hospital is called

A)elder abuse.
B)elder neglect.
C)granny dumping.
D)intergenerational abandonment.

Question 56

Marijuana abuse use is the U.S.'s largest drug abuse problem.

Question 57

Which of the following factors puts children at the greatest risk for abuse?

A)children from low-income families
B)only child families
C)ethnic and minority families
D)families with both a mother and father in the home

Question 58

Scapegoating or blaming others for problems is an example of the ________ defense mechanism.

A)rationalism
B)reaction formation.
C)projection
D)regression

Question 59

Guided imagery is a stress reduction strategy by which one daydreams a solution to a problem.

Question 60

Men are more likely to have an affair because they are angry or to get even with a spouse.

Question 61

Most people who contemplate suicide usually send out warning signals.

Question 62

In the event of a miscarriage, women usually mourn for only a couple of weeks.

Question 63

________ __________ affairs can occur when a marriage partner wants to prevent too much closeness in his/her marriage.

Question 64

Sexual child abuse that occurs within families by relatives is called ________ abuse.

Question 65

________ is an event during which a healthy infant dies in his/her sleep.

Question 66

________ is defined as stress resistance, composed of various factors that compensate for life stresses.

Question 67

The text reports that affairs are principally related to two variables, premarital ________ ________ and ________ in the marriage.

Question 68

Most marriages today end in death rather than divorce.

Question 69

Most rapes occur among strangers.

Question 70

Couples who take care of their aging parents and their school-age children are members of the ______ _____.

Question 71

According to Shirley Glass, the ________ is where most men met their affair partner.

Question 72

Death of a child is ranked as the most severe family stressor.

Question 73

The empty-nest syndrome occurs during the _________phase of the family life cycle.

Question 74

________ is the reaction of our bodies to an unusual or substantial demand made on it.

Question 75

Not providing proper clothing, shelter, or food to a child is called child or ________ neglect.

Question 76

When a partner becomes severely and chronically ill, couples should be view the illness not as a crisis, but as a challenge for the couple to cope with in order to preserve intimacy.

Question 77

Family crises such as bankruptcies can actually bring families closer together.

Question 78

In some ways, cell phones make it easier for teenage girls to be abused.

Question 79

Reframing is an effective strategy in reducing stress.

Question 80

In 1991, approximately 35% of all college women reported being a victim of date rape.