Domestic Violence Test 2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
intimate partner violence - CORRECT ANSWER- violence committed by current/former
spouse, co-habituating partner, date, or boyfriend/girlfriend
- takes many forms; repeated offense
- physical, mental health issues
- pushed, slapped, grabbed (doesn't leave any marks)
learned helplessness theory - CORRECT ANSWER- psychological paralysis in which
victims falsely believe they cannot leave
- controversial
- women are passive and can easily forgive
- women believe they should/have to stay
**women tend to blame themselves
safety plan - CORRECT ANSWER- address needs for victim to think about risks within
their relationship that pose a danger and prepare for safe exit
VAWA of 1994 - CORRECT ANSWER- federal legislation, provided improved prevention
and prosecution of violence against women and children
economic abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- abusers make/try to make victim financially reliant
emotional abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- use of verbal/non verbal communication meant to
manipulate and control, causing mental/emotional harm
, gaslighting - CORRECT ANSWER- convince partner they are wrong by testing info or
giving false info with intent of making victim question their own memory, perception, sanity
physical abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- physical acts such as hitting, restraining, pulling
hair, etc. (this one usually comes later after all other abuses)
- usually drugs/alcohol are involved to victims and they'll look crazy of they went to someone
and the person saw they were addicted to drugs/alcohol
sexual abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- forced/unwanted sex acts or contact
marital rape - CORRECT ANSWER- unwanted intercourse or penetration obtained by force,
threat of force, or when marital partner can't consent
- 1993: all 50 states considered this as a crime
reproductive coercion - CORRECT ANSWER- behaviors used to pressure woman into
becoming pregnant or ending a pregnancy against her will
- poking holes into condoms, manipulating birth control, forced abortion
the most frequent response to IPV - CORRECT ANSWER-
the three phases in Walker's Cycle of Violence Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- phase 1:
tension building
- anger, blaming, and arguing occur
phase 2: acute battering, incident occurs
- battering
- can last from minutes to hours, days to weeks
phase 3: honey moon phase
- batterer asks for forgiveness, promises it won't happen again
- offender blames it on alcohol
- offender showers victim in gifts and apologizes many times
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
intimate partner violence - CORRECT ANSWER- violence committed by current/former
spouse, co-habituating partner, date, or boyfriend/girlfriend
- takes many forms; repeated offense
- physical, mental health issues
- pushed, slapped, grabbed (doesn't leave any marks)
learned helplessness theory - CORRECT ANSWER- psychological paralysis in which
victims falsely believe they cannot leave
- controversial
- women are passive and can easily forgive
- women believe they should/have to stay
**women tend to blame themselves
safety plan - CORRECT ANSWER- address needs for victim to think about risks within
their relationship that pose a danger and prepare for safe exit
VAWA of 1994 - CORRECT ANSWER- federal legislation, provided improved prevention
and prosecution of violence against women and children
economic abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- abusers make/try to make victim financially reliant
emotional abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- use of verbal/non verbal communication meant to
manipulate and control, causing mental/emotional harm
, gaslighting - CORRECT ANSWER- convince partner they are wrong by testing info or
giving false info with intent of making victim question their own memory, perception, sanity
physical abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- physical acts such as hitting, restraining, pulling
hair, etc. (this one usually comes later after all other abuses)
- usually drugs/alcohol are involved to victims and they'll look crazy of they went to someone
and the person saw they were addicted to drugs/alcohol
sexual abuse - CORRECT ANSWER- forced/unwanted sex acts or contact
marital rape - CORRECT ANSWER- unwanted intercourse or penetration obtained by force,
threat of force, or when marital partner can't consent
- 1993: all 50 states considered this as a crime
reproductive coercion - CORRECT ANSWER- behaviors used to pressure woman into
becoming pregnant or ending a pregnancy against her will
- poking holes into condoms, manipulating birth control, forced abortion
the most frequent response to IPV - CORRECT ANSWER-
the three phases in Walker's Cycle of Violence Theory - CORRECT ANSWER- phase 1:
tension building
- anger, blaming, and arguing occur
phase 2: acute battering, incident occurs
- battering
- can last from minutes to hours, days to weeks
phase 3: honey moon phase
- batterer asks for forgiveness, promises it won't happen again
- offender blames it on alcohol
- offender showers victim in gifts and apologizes many times
