Chapter 32 Quiz: Rejection, Harassment, and Violence
Instructions: Select the best answer for each question.
1. Psychological entitlement, as the term is used in the chapter's analysis of rejection-aggression, refers to:
a) High self-esteem and a positive self-concept b) The belief that one is owed positive outcomes by others, such that their absence is experienced as injustice rather than mere disappointment c) The feeling of pain that comes from romantic rejection d) A clinical personality disorder diagnosed by a licensed professional
Answer: b
2. The Bushman et al. (2003) experimental studies found that high-narcissism individuals who were romantically rejected:
a) Were more likely to seek professional help than low-narcissism individuals b) Showed significantly greater aggression toward the person who rejected them compared to low-narcissism individuals c) Were no more aggressive than low-narcissism individuals when the rejector was physically present d) Only showed aggression in online rather than face-to-face rejection scenarios
Answer: b
3. According to Stop Street Harassment survey data, approximately what percentage of women in the United States report having experienced street harassment?
a) 15% b) 35% c) 65% d) 85%
Answer: c
4. Research on the psychological impact of street harassment most consistently finds:
a) Targets quickly habituate to street harassment and show no lasting effects b) Targets primarily experience temporary anger that resolves within hours c) Targets show increased self-objectification, safety-related anxiety, and avoidance of certain public spaces d) Targets are primarily affected by the content of specific comments rather than the pattern of harassment
Answer: c
5. The legal definition of stalking in most U.S. jurisdictions requires which of the following elements?
a) Physical contact between the stalker and the victim b) A single threatening message or gesture c) A pattern of conduct, the reasonable-person standard, and actual fear in the target d) Documentation that the stalker intended to cause harm
Answer: c
6. Evan Stark's concept of "coercive control" reframes the analysis of intimate partner violence by:
a) Arguing that physical violence is the primary harm in abusive relationships b) Emphasizing the pattern of domination, restriction of freedom, and systematic control — of which physical violence is only one element c) Finding that female-perpetrated IPV is more common than previously thought d) Focusing exclusively on violence that results in physical injury requiring medical attention
Answer: b
7. Michael Johnson's typology distinguishes "intimate terrorism" from "situational couple violence." Which statement best characterizes this distinction?
a) Intimate terrorism involves strangers; situational couple violence involves partners b) Intimate terrorism is systematic coercive control primarily by men against women; situational couple violence is conflict-generated without systematic control and more gender-symmetric c) Intimate terrorism always involves weapons; situational couple violence is limited to verbal abuse d) The distinction is primarily geographic — intimate terrorism is more common in urban settings
Answer: b
8. The incel term "blackpill" refers to:
a) A pharmaceutical intervention for depression common in online mental health communities b) The nihilistic belief that one's genetic undesirability is fixed and improvement is impossible, serving as the most extreme ideological position in incel communities c) The evidence that mainstream culture ignores male loneliness d) A specific incel forum where violence is explicitly planned
Answer: b
9. Research on bystander intervention training programs (such as Green Dot) most consistently finds:
a) No significant change in intervention rates following training b) Significant increases in stated intervention intentions and some evidence of behavioral change at follow-up, though long-term effects are harder to establish c) Significant reductions in harassment incidents on campuses that implement the programs, but only in the year following implementation d) Bystander training is effective for women but shows little effect for men
Answer: b
10. The chapter discusses four specific institutional gaps in responding to harassment and violence. Which of the following is NOT identified as a gap?
a) Street harassment is rarely criminal and law enforcement has few tools b) Stalking law has a high burden of proof and inconsistent enforcement c) Most perpetrators are adequately prosecuted after victims report to police d) Online harassment faces jurisdictional complexity and slow legal development
Answer: c
11. Research on gender and victimization in the context of IPV finds which of the following nuanced pattern?
a) Rates of physical assault between partners are entirely gender-symmetric b) Women's rates of physical assault perpetration are substantially higher than men's c) While some forms of physical aggression show relative gender symmetry, serious injury, fear, and coercive control are substantially asymmetric toward female victimization d) IPV affects men and women at identical rates across all measures
Answer: c
12. Which statement best represents the chapter's argument about incel ideology and violence?
a) Incel violence is entirely explained by mental illness in individual perpetrators b) Incel ideology is harmless online expression that becomes dangerous only through an otherwise unexplained leap to violence c) The specific ideology — the worldview of entitled sexual access and the framing of women as the enemy — does significant independent work in shaping violent behavior, and treating it as only a mental health problem obscures its ideological dimensions d) Incel violence follows no discernible patterns and is therefore impossible to study or prevent
Answer: c