Exam 12: Power and Violence in Families

The text reports that police officers typically avoid making arrests that would be automatic if the man and woman involved were not married.

power is based on the persuasive content of what the dominant person tells another individual.

Of the various forms of sexual abuse, which is the most emotionally charged?

According to race/ethnicity, victimization rates are highest for women.

It appears that most couples currently want which type of marriage model?

Which of the following characterizes phase one of the cycle of violence?

Husbands are more likely to have power than their wives.

Resource theory explains marital power only when there is no overriding norm or norm of marital power.

The text points out that it is only in the present situation, in which neither patriarchal nor egalitarian norms are firmly entrenched, that marital power is negotiated by individual couples and the power of husbands and wives may be a consequence of their resources.

Researchers agree that the resource hypothesis fully explains marital power.

Most marriage counselors are opposed to "no-power" relationships.

Most couples knowingly choose power politics, and this decision is made knowledgeably rather than by default.

A wife may wield considerable conjugal power by means of power; that is, her husband's love for her.

If women are the primary victims of male intimate partner violence, this outcome is referred to as

Abused children live in families of all socioeconomic levels, races, nationalities, and religious groups, although child abuse is reported more frequently among families.

The hypothesis involves the assertion that the relative power between husbands and wives results from their relative resources as individuals.

Distinguish between legitimate power and coercive power. Give an example of each.

No matter who earns the money, men seem to retain more control over the family's income in heterosexual relationships.

Changing marital power patterns can be difficult, even for couples who talk about it, because these patterns

Current evidence indicates that equitable relationships are generally more apt to be stable and satisfying.