PSYC 3320- INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Criminal harrassment - Crime that involves repeatedly following, communicating with,
watching, or threatening a person directly or indirectly
zxYes - Is cyberstalking considered criminal harassment?
zxIntimate stalker - A stalker who has been in an intimate relationship with the victim
(former romantic partner)
zxTrue - T or F: intimate stalkers are more likely to escalate to violence
zxPublic figure stalker - A stalker who stalk celebrities
zxUnlikely - A public figure stalker is _______ to become violent
zxPrivate stranger stalker - Someone who becomes fixated on someone who they only
know from passing or acquittances and stalks them
zxFalse - T or F: private stranger stalkers are likely to be become violent
zxFemale - Private stranger stalkers are more likely to be __________ stalkers
zxTrue - T or F: women who are recent immigrants have a harder time leaving an
abusive relationship
zxintimate partner violence - Any form of violence occurring between initiate partners,
ether they are living together or separated
zxConflict tactics scale - What scale is most commonly used to measure IPV?
zxTrue - T or F: although alcohol and drug abuse is often present in incidents of IPV, it is
not the alcohol or drug that causes the violence
zxTrue - T or F: indigenous women are particularly more likely to be victimized
compared to non indigenous women
zxFalse - T or F: researchers believe that patriarchal society does not contribute to IPV
zxsocial learning theory - the theory that we learn social behavior by observing and
imitating and by being rewarded or punished
zxInstigators of Aggression - events in the environment that act as a stimulus to cause
violence
