Deck 18: Social Psychology and Relationship Violence

Question 1

According to a survey of 25 gay men, which of the following is one of the top reasons respondents remained in violent relationships

A) financial dependence on their partner
B) overall feelings of fear
C) experience with same-sex dynamics
D) emotional dependence on their partner

Answer 1

financial dependence on their partner

Question 2

Early research into relationship violence was drawn from ______, such as public records and divorce court proceedings.

A) observational data
B) self-report surveys
C) archival data
D) double-blind experiments

Answer 2

archival data

Question 3

Jamie and Kennedy have been in a relationship for several years. Over time, Jamie becomes increasingly angry with Kennedy. Eventually, Jamie explodes and commits physically and emotionally violent acts against Jamie. After the violence subsides, Jamie apologizes to Kennedy. Kennedy believes the best in Jamie and often downplays the violence, saying a few slaps is no big deal and doesn't view the acts as abusive. Which of the following describes Kennedy's thought process and behavior

A) cycle of violence
B) minimization
C) hedonic forecasting
D) stigmatization

Answer 3

minimization

Question 4

The ______ phase is one in which one partner becomes increasingly upset.

A) explosion
B) tension-building
C) contrition
D) affective forecasting

Question 5

Which type of prevention seeks to help and empower individual victims of violence

A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) affective

Question 6

Which of the following describes relationship violence as something that occurs in three, repeating phases that include tension building, explosion, and contrition

A) romantic myth
B) cycle of violence
C) cognitive dissonance
D) fault affective forecasting

Question 7

Camille and Ezekiel have been married for several years. In a few isolated incidents, the couple has gotten into very heated arguments in which they both scream and shake one another. No one has been injured by these episodes, and all situations like this resolve. Which type of violence would this be considered

A) situational couple violence
B) patriarchal violence
C) intimate terrorism
D) wife battery

Question 8

Which of the following refers to the romantic myth that a self-sacrificing woman can change a violent man into a loving and sensitive partner

A) Hercules fantasy
B) Beauty and the Beast fantasy
C) Sleeping Beauty fantasy
D) Snow White fantasy

Question 9

According to some research, who of the following would be most at risk for experiencing relationship violence

A) heterosexual female
B) heterosexual male
C) gay male
D) lesbian female

Question 10

Which of the following refers to moments that are catalysts which spur victims of violence to finally leave violent relationships permanently

A) self-reclaiming actions
B) seeds of doubt
C) last straw events
D) objective reappraisals

Question 11

Carlotta is a social psychologist who is creating a program to educate and empower high school students to recognize signs of violence that may occur in romantic relationships. Which type of prevention would this be considered

A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) affective

Question 12

Which of the following terms is viewed as a more empowering term for those who have experienced relationship violence

A) victim
B) survivor
C) perpetrator
D) archiver

Question 13

Aurelia knows that it is not healthy that her partner hits her every time they argue; however, she is financially dependent on her partner and feels she cannot end the relationship. What does this describe

A) minimization
B) cycle of violence
C) affective forecasting
D) cognitive dissonance

Question 14

Which of the following is a romantic myth that notes that a man, who is a relative stranger, can come into a woman's life and save her from her problems

A) Cinderella fantasy
B) Beauty and the Beast fantasy
C) Pocahontas fantasy
D) Snow White fantasy

Question 15

Which of the following reaches people to stop violence before it occurs on the individual level

A) primary prevention
B) secondary prevention
C) tertiary prevention
D) affective prevention

Question 16

Why are men less likely to report relationship violence

A) less access to self-report surveys
B) unfair bias in research methodologies
C) less men are likely to experience violence overall
D) social stigmatization

Question 17

The first self-report survey of relationship violence showed which of the following

A) A majority of respondents had experienced relationship violence.
B) A majority of respondents had knowingly perpetrated relationship violence.
C) Men and women were perpetrators and victims of violence.
D) Men and women experiences violence at much lower levels that originally thought.

Question 18

Which of the following is one reason many believed it would be too difficult to gather honest responses related to relationship violence

A) lack of external validity of data
B) small sample size
C) inability to gather unbiased evidence
D) measurement problem of social desirability

Question 19

Which of the following describes how someone may try to predict how they will feel in the future

A) minimization
B) cycle of violence
C) affective forecasting
D) cognitive dissonance

Question 20

Which of the following myths encourages patriarchal power dynamics

A) Cinderella fantasy
B) Beauty and the Beast fantasy
C) Pocahontas fantasy
D) Snow White fantasy

Question 21

Justifying a violent partner's behavior is a form of minimization.

Question 22

It can be difficult for survivors of violence to move forward.

Question 23

Men may also experience intimate partner violence.

Question 24

Data used in early research of relationship violence showed that female victims often had other criminal behaviors.

Question 25

Some argue that the word "victim" should never be used because it connotes "helplessness and pity."

Question 26

Minimization is a way for victims of violence to reduce cognitive dissonance.

Question 27

Which of the following describes writing down chronological events as a form of healing from the trauma of relationship violence

A) primary prevention
B) affective forecasting
C) posttraumatic growth
D) narrative therapy

Question 28

In the contrition phase, the perpetrator of violence apologizes and promises to change his or her behavior.

Question 29

Which of the following would be considered a self-reclaiming action

A) changing how you interpret your partner's behaviors
B) realizing that one's partner does not actually love you
C) seeing what is happening in a relationship from an outside view
D) seeking out counseling

Question 30

Describe faulty affective forecasting and its effects in victims experiencing relationship violence.

Question 31

Describe the steps of what Rosen &Smith (1997) described as the "disentanglement process" that victims of relationship violence go through.

Question 32

Most research on responses to relationship violence occurs at the tertiary level.

Question 33

Alex is undergoing therapy to help facilitate healing after surviving a violent relationship. As a part of this therapy, Alex periodically uses a scale to rate feelings of positive psychological change and resilience. What is the scale measuring

A) seeds of doubt
B) affective forecasting
C) posttraumatic growth
D) self-reclaiming actions

Question 34

Secondary prevention refers to an intervention that occurs after a violence relationship has begun.

Question 35

Which of the following refers to a phase in which one is no longer able to deny or minimize the violence he or r she experiences in the relationship

A) seeds of doubt
B) affective forecasting
C) posttraumatic growth
D) self-reclaiming actions

Question 36

Why is conflicting data on relationship violence from different sources all thought to be valid?

Question 37

Describes the differences between intimate terrorism and situational couple violence.

Question 38

The cycle of violence theoretically has 4 phases.

Question 39

Sabrina is a survivor of relationship violence. Since leaving her violent relationship, Sabrina's counselor has encouraged her to write stories and poems about her experiences as a form of treatment. Which of the following terms describes Sabrina's actions

A) last straw event
B) seed of doubt
C) narrative therapy
D) posttraumatic growth

Question 40

What is the relationship between minimizing and cognitive dissonance?