Which of the following statements about violence in families is true?
A) Most perpetrators eventually take responsible for their actions.
B) When researchers ask American couples about fights that led to acts of hostility, men and women report similar rates of assault.
C) Partner abuse occurs far less often in homosexual relationships than in heterosexual relationships.
D) American men are twice as likely as American women to "strike first" in a fight, while women are more likely to resort to assault in self-defense.
B
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The most common theory about voyeurs is that __________.
A. they become classically conditioned to respond in a stronger way to the female body than most males B. they have difficulty relating to women and find that peeping satisfies their needs in a way that feels safe and powerful C. they were exposed to excess male hormones during prenatal development D. with the advent of more sexually explicit movies and magazines, voyeurism is quickly becoming extinct
Researchers have found consistent gender differences when comparing males and females on the extent to which they
A. respond to hypnotic suggestions. B. dream about males and females. C. are extraverted or introverted. D. experience learned helplessness.
The creation of inaccurate records of childhood sexual abuse is called ______.
A. eyewitness memory syndrome B. emotional sexual syndrome C. repressed memory syndrome D. false memory syndrome