Domestic Violence 330 Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Who negotiates the understanding of social conditions into specific social problems? -
CORRECT ANSWER- claims makers
What does it mean to operationalize a variable? - CORRECT ANSWER- create questions
that will measure the variable as it has been defined
What term means that victims are often exposed to multiple forms of violence and maltreatment?
- CORRECT ANSWER- polyvictimization
Some policy argues for programs that simultaneously address violence against children, the
elderly, and intimate partners simultaneously. What is the reasoning behind this? - CORRECT
ANSWER- All forms of violence are interconnected
Practices such as widow burning and female genital cutting are not protected by the UN because
they reject what? - CORRECT ANSWER- cultural relativism
A church organization raises funds to go to Washington, DC, and schedule meetings with
legislatures to talk about sexual child abuse in the church. Which of the following is it an
example of? - CORRECT ANSWER- claims making
Which of the following is NOT involved in the shift of a social condition to a social problem? -
CORRECT ANSWER- social fatigue
If the cultural practice of boys becoming men after ingesting semen is not considered violence,
then we are engaging in what? - CORRECT ANSWER- cultural relativism
,________ challenge a social practice to redefine it as a social problem. - CORRECT ANSWER-
claims makers
What practice in the United States is currently not considered abuse, but some claims makers are
emerging to consider it abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER- circumcision
Who defines social problems for the public? - CORRECT ANSWER- claim makers
Up until ___________ times, children were regarded as property. - CORRECT ANSWER-
ancient
Infanticide is sometimes seen as a solution to ________. - CORRECT ANSWER- unwanted
infants
When it comes to infanticide, who is most likely to be killed? - CORRECT ANSWER- girls
Parents choosing to selectively abort a child with unwanted features, such a sex or disability, is
called __________. - CORRECT ANSWER- feticide
What previous policy in China led to a high practice of feticide? - CORRECT ANSWER-
one-child policy
17. Which phrase means that the state has the right and responsibility to protect those who
cannot protect themselves? - CORRECT ANSWER- parens patriae
Why is the house of refuge movement historically important? - CORRECT ANSWER- It
was the government's first attempt to intervene in child abuse.
What precipitating event led to the creation of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children in 1874? - CORRECT ANSWER- the abuse case of Mary Ellen
, What helped to establish child abuse as a wide spread problem? - CORRECT ANSWER-
diagnosis of battered child syndrome
Child physical abuse is: - CORRECT ANSWER- symptoms from intentional physical
assault.
What event marked the medical community as claims makers? - CORRECT ANSWER-
addition of CPA as a clinical diagnosis and battered children syndrome
What key claims maker caused the child protection movement to flourish? - CORRECT
ANSWER- medical professionals
In which decade was child abuse widely recognized as a social problem in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER- 1960s
Recognition of sexual child abuse can be traced back to which important scholar? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Freud
Freud stated that neuroses in female patients were often caused by __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER- incest
What early document established the vulnerability women face against their husbands in a
marital relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER- the Declaration of Rights at Seneca Falls
What was the first women's shelter to gain widespread attention? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Chiswick Women's Aid
In which decade did the first women's shelters open in the United States? - CORRECT
ANSWER- 1970s
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Who negotiates the understanding of social conditions into specific social problems? -
CORRECT ANSWER- claims makers
What does it mean to operationalize a variable? - CORRECT ANSWER- create questions
that will measure the variable as it has been defined
What term means that victims are often exposed to multiple forms of violence and maltreatment?
- CORRECT ANSWER- polyvictimization
Some policy argues for programs that simultaneously address violence against children, the
elderly, and intimate partners simultaneously. What is the reasoning behind this? - CORRECT
ANSWER- All forms of violence are interconnected
Practices such as widow burning and female genital cutting are not protected by the UN because
they reject what? - CORRECT ANSWER- cultural relativism
A church organization raises funds to go to Washington, DC, and schedule meetings with
legislatures to talk about sexual child abuse in the church. Which of the following is it an
example of? - CORRECT ANSWER- claims making
Which of the following is NOT involved in the shift of a social condition to a social problem? -
CORRECT ANSWER- social fatigue
If the cultural practice of boys becoming men after ingesting semen is not considered violence,
then we are engaging in what? - CORRECT ANSWER- cultural relativism
,________ challenge a social practice to redefine it as a social problem. - CORRECT ANSWER-
claims makers
What practice in the United States is currently not considered abuse, but some claims makers are
emerging to consider it abuse? - CORRECT ANSWER- circumcision
Who defines social problems for the public? - CORRECT ANSWER- claim makers
Up until ___________ times, children were regarded as property. - CORRECT ANSWER-
ancient
Infanticide is sometimes seen as a solution to ________. - CORRECT ANSWER- unwanted
infants
When it comes to infanticide, who is most likely to be killed? - CORRECT ANSWER- girls
Parents choosing to selectively abort a child with unwanted features, such a sex or disability, is
called __________. - CORRECT ANSWER- feticide
What previous policy in China led to a high practice of feticide? - CORRECT ANSWER-
one-child policy
17. Which phrase means that the state has the right and responsibility to protect those who
cannot protect themselves? - CORRECT ANSWER- parens patriae
Why is the house of refuge movement historically important? - CORRECT ANSWER- It
was the government's first attempt to intervene in child abuse.
What precipitating event led to the creation of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children in 1874? - CORRECT ANSWER- the abuse case of Mary Ellen
, What helped to establish child abuse as a wide spread problem? - CORRECT ANSWER-
diagnosis of battered child syndrome
Child physical abuse is: - CORRECT ANSWER- symptoms from intentional physical
assault.
What event marked the medical community as claims makers? - CORRECT ANSWER-
addition of CPA as a clinical diagnosis and battered children syndrome
What key claims maker caused the child protection movement to flourish? - CORRECT
ANSWER- medical professionals
In which decade was child abuse widely recognized as a social problem in the United States? -
CORRECT ANSWER- 1960s
Recognition of sexual child abuse can be traced back to which important scholar? - CORRECT
ANSWER- Freud
Freud stated that neuroses in female patients were often caused by __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER- incest
What early document established the vulnerability women face against their husbands in a
marital relationship? - CORRECT ANSWER- the Declaration of Rights at Seneca Falls
What was the first women's shelter to gain widespread attention? - CORRECT ANSWER-
Chiswick Women's Aid
In which decade did the first women's shelters open in the United States? - CORRECT
ANSWER- 1970s
