Chapter 8

Question 1

MFIPV Blame

Answer 1

Survivors are often blamed; relationships are consensual

Question 2

Gender differences in MFIPV blame

Answer 2

No gender differences in blaming!

Question 3

Role of sterotypes in blame

Answer 3

More likely to blame nontraditional women than traditional ones

Question 4

Feminist belief

Answer 4

Family conflict model blames women

Question 5

Why CPS blames women for MFIPV

Answer 5

Clashing mandates between agencies that leave battered mothers in the middle

Question 6

Powerless responsibility

Answer 6

Imposed task on mothers of protecting children, even when they have insufficient means

Question 7

Blame by healthcare workers

Answer 7

Women’s problems don’t fit into medical model; noncompliant

Question 8

Women’s self-blame

Answer 8

For initiating aggression – subjective interpretations of initiation

Question 9

Dangers of religious groups

Answer 9

Tend to perpetuate silence. Doctrinal beliefs prevent divorce

Question 10

Effect of assault

Answer 10

Helplessness 1st. Anger, anxiety, depression, fear, PTSD later

Question 11

Fear effects

Answer 11

Victims are likely to fear offenders dur to conditioning, and generalize

Question 12

Gender differences of fear

Answer 12

Women are significantly more fearful of IPV than men

Question 13

Neurological changes from fear

Answer 13

fear conditioning: amygdala, memory. Lots of head injuries – similar to roadside bombs

Question 14

Emotional reprocussions

Answer 14

Cognitive processing, trauma memory, judgment, depression, self-esteem. Stress->physical illness, trauma, PTSD

Question 15

Individual differences in PTSD

Answer 15

Contemporary learning theory: Prior learning experiences.

Question 16

Health effects of MFIPV

Answer 16

Physical illness, riskier behaviors, sleep

Question 17

Most common MFIPV physical injuries

Answer 17

Blunt force trauma to face, strangled

Question 18

Coping styles

Answer 18

Highly correlated with outcomes like depression, marital satisfaction

Question 19

Three theories on the effect of violence

Answer 19

Hostage (stockholm) syndrome, traumatic bonding, attachment

Question 20

Hostage syndrome

Answer 20

Extreme threat and isolation->strange behaviors (struggle for survival) praising abusers, denying abuse, blaming themselves. Hostages are emotionally dependent on captors.

Question 21

Attachment

Answer 21

Different attachment styles produce conflict

Question 22

Traumatic bonding

Answer 22

Intermittently rewarded behavior resists extinction – rewards+assaults increase dependence.

Question 23

Learned helplessness problems

Answer 23

Animals in that shock paradigm had failed to learn control due to stress

Question 24

Survivor theory

Answer 24

Women seek help, but social organizations thwart their efforts