Walker's schema for a battering relationship is
a. calmness, tension, violence, crisis.
b. stress, violence, reconciliation, violence.
c. violence, crisis, intervention, reconciliation.
d. love, stress, anger, violence.
Q. 2Women who stay in a battering relationship
a. have a self-concept that is dependent on the relationship.
b. attempt to exert a great deal of subtle control over the relationship.
c. become socially and emotionally isolated.
d. both a and c are valid reasons.
Q. 3A batterer's psychological factors have all but which one of the following characteristics?
a. Possessiveness with rigid rules for everyone in the family.
b. Poor communication skills.
c. Unrealistic expectations of spouse.
d. Actively and aggressively confront personal problems.
Q. 4U.S. Department of Justice statistics probably underestimate the magnitude of domestic violence because
a. cultural norms tolerate and in some instances condone family violence.
b. confidentiality and shame keeps violence a family secret.
c. poor and non-English speaking women are underreported and women who are institutionalized or hospitalized are not included.
d. all of the above
Q. 5Researchers have found that adult male survivors of child sexual abuse who were abused by men fair no better and report the same or similar symptoms as adult women survivors. In addition, they often
a. have unfounded paranoid fears of male or transgendered sexual assault.
b. abuse alcohol and drugs.
c. are homophobic, have body image disturbances, and sexual orientation ambiguity.
d. act aggressively towards women in order to prove themselves.
Q. 6Complicating effects that have contributed to an increase in rape are
a. acceptance of violence in the media.
b. genetic regression.
c. the sexual revolution.
d. None of the above have to do with an increase in rape.