21.What is the difference between instrumental violence and reactive violence?
a.Instrumental violence is used to achieve an external gain whereas reactive violence is in response to provocation.
b.Instrumental violence is in response to provocation whereas reactive violence is used to achieve an external gain.
c.Instrumental violence is unplanned and reactive violence is planned.
d.Instrumental violence is driven by negative emotions and reactive violence is driven by positive emotions.
e.Instrumental violence is more likely to be committed by females and reactive violence is more likely to be committed by males.
22.Instrumental aggression is also known as __________ aggression, whereas reactive aggression is also known as _________ aggression.
a.affective/predatory
b.predatory/affective
c.sadistic/passive
d.negative/affective
e.none of the above
23._________________ is a term which describes the act of a child being killed by their own parents.
a.Uxoricide
b.Mariticide
c.Filicide
d.Femicide
e.Reactive aggression
24.Which of the following statements is accurate regarding parents who kill their own children or stepchildren?
a.Infanticide refers to the killing of one’s own baby within 24 hours of birth.
b.Child murder in Canada is fairly uncommon.
c.Postpartum blues has been found to be a causal factor in neonaticide.
d.All mothers who murder their children have a diagnosable form of psychosis.
e.It is impossible to treat postpartum psychosis.
25.The killing of a wife by her husband is referred to as:
a.mariticide
b.neonaticide
c.infanticide
d.uxoricide
e.familicide
26.Which of the following risk factors were not identified by Campbell, Webster, and Kozoil-McLain (2003) in their examination of femicide?
a.The offender has access to a gun.
b.Previous threats were made with a weapon.
c.estrangement
d.The victim left the offender for another partner.
e.The offender suffers from psychopathy.
27.Which of the following statements is not true concerning serial murder?
a.Most serial murderers in the United States operate on their own.
b.Most serial murderers in the United States are male.
c.Most serial murderers in the United States are members of a minority group.
d.Most victims of serial murder are young and female.
e.both a and d
28.What is the key difference between mass murder and serial murder murder?
a.Mass murders tend to be committed by teams of offenders whereas serial murders are typically committed by offenders working alone.
b.Mass murder involves a cooling-off period between offences whereas serial murder does not.
c.Mass murder involves the killing of at least three people whereas serial murder involves at least six victims.
d.Mass murder involves the killing of individuals at several locations whereas serial murders tend to occur at the same location.
e.Mass murder does not involve a cooling-off period between offences whereas serial murder does.
29.Concerning the difference between female and male serial murderers, which of the following statements is true?
a.Both male and female serial murderers tend to have a history of criminal offences.
b.Females are more likely than males to use poison as the method of murder.
c.Males are more likely than females to kill for money.
d.Females are more geographically mobile than males.
e.Males are more likely to kill family members than females.
30.Which of the following types of serial murderers is not included in the classification system proposed by Holmes and Holmes (1998)?
a.the hedonistic serial murderer
b.the visionary serial murderer
c.the sadistic serial murderer
d.the power/control serial murderer
e.the mission-oriented serial murderer
31.According to Holmes and Holmes (1998), which type of serial murderer is most likely to be diagnosed as delusional or psychotic?
a.the visionary serial murderer
b.the power/control serial murderer
c.the comfort serial murderer
d.the lust serial murderer
e.the thrill serial murderer
32.According to Holmes and Holmes (1998), which of the following serial murderers is primarily motivated by material or financial gain?
a.the mission-oriented serial murderer
b.the comfort serial murderer
c.the visionary serial murderer
d.the power/control serial murderer
e.the thrill serial murderer
33.According to social learning theorists, aggressive behaviour is:
a.the product of a disturbed personality
b.the product of negative childhood experiences
c.the product of learning
d.the product of childhood physical abuse
e.the product of evolution
34.A recent theory of aggression is based on the GAM, a model developed by Anderson and Bushman (2002). GAM refers to the:
a.General Adaptation Model
b.Generalized Adaptive Mechanisms
c.General Aggression Model
d.Global Aggression Matrix
e.none of the above
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