Health Chapter 5
11. Any form of unwanted sexual conduct is A) sexual harassment. B) flirting. C) sexual assault. D) innuendo.
A) sexual harassment.
7. Woman often remains a victim of intimate partner violence because A) she fears retaliation against herself or her children. B) she is financially independent. C) she believes the situation will never change. D) her cultural or religious beliefs allow divorce.
A) she fears retaliation against herself or her children.
13. Doing some type of activity, such as texting or eating, while driving can cause accidents and is known as A) risky driving. B) careless driving. C) impaired driving. D) distracted driving.
D) distracted driving.
8. Violence that occurs between two people in a current or former marriage or sexual or dating relationship is A) domestic violence. B) spousal violence. C) intentional violence. D) intimate partner violence.
D) intimate partner violence.
1. The World Health Organization defines violence as A) injuries caused accidentally without intent to harm. B) a repeated implied or verbal threat against another person. C) a premeditated crime against another person, usually involving a weapon. D) the intentional use of physical force or power against oneself or another person or group.
D) the intentional use of physical force or power against oneself or another person or group.
6. The term terrorism is correctly applied to situations in which A) workers organize for political and economic rights. B) one country attacks another in a state of war. C) students demonstrate peacefully against their government. D) violence is used to achieve political aims.
D) violence is used to achieve political aims.
2. Assault, homicide, and suicide are all examples of A) intentional injuries. B) unintentional injuries. C) reported injuries. D) criminal acts.
A) intentional injuries.
12. Which of the following statements about child sexual abuse in the United States is true? A) Children are much more likely to be sexually abused by strangers than by family members. B) An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys is sexually abused before age 18. C) People with a history of child sexual abuse are no more likely than others to abuse their own children. D) Girls who have been sexually abused have ten times the rate of teen pregnancy as girls who have not.
B) An estimated one in four girls and one in six boys is sexually abused before age 18.
4. Which of the following is TRUE about primary aggression? A) It will not result in the bodily harm of others. B) It is goal-directed, hostile self-assertion that is destructive in nature. C) It results from frustration with minor, daily life experiences. D) Aggressive behavior does not necessarily result in violent interactions.
B) It is goal-directed, hostile self-assertion that is destructive in nature.
5. A tendency toward anger may be A) simply a mood that will pass. B) both physiological and related to family background. C) a learned response to over-protective parenting. D) a trait of emotionally mature people.
B) both physiological and related to family background.
9. Which phase of the cycle of violence is typically characterized by anger, abusive language, and psychological aggression? A) acute battering B) tension building C) remorse/reconciliation D) retaliation
B) tension building
10. Which of the following statements about guns in America is true? A) Assault rifles are responsible for more murders than any other type of weapon. B) The presence of a gun in the home nearly doubles the risk that a suicide will occur in that home. C) Some researchers believe that there are more guns in the United States than there are people. D) Knives, blunt objects, and fists kill more Americans each year than do firearms.
C) Some researchers believe that there are more guns in the United States than there are people.
Yeah 3. Social and cultural factors that increase the likelihood of violence include all of the following EXCEPT A) poverty. B) inadequate social services. C) social support. D) political differences.
C) social support.