Psychology

Southern New Hampshire University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 7 DISCUSSION

Questions 1. Abused women suffer from several long-term effects of living with a batterer, such as stress, PTSD, physical injuries, health problems, and issues with everyday coping. Discuss how this can affect a mother's ability to parent. 2. How do faith leaders and their congregants fail to support battered women?...
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Chicago State University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 6 DISCUSSION

Questions 1. Medical professionals and law enforcement officers often overlook male victims of rape. Give examples of what happens with police personnel and doctors and explain why. 2. What do stalking victims often do in response to stalking? What are some of the methods stalkers use to stalk their victims?...
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Chicago State University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 5 DISCUSSION

Questions 1. What should high schools do to combat DV, ST, and SA? 2. Explain the relationship between delinquency, dating violence, and domestic violence in adolescents who witnessed domestic violence in their families. What can be done to help adolescents exposed to domestic violence? 3. Research shows that nearly twice...
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Chicago State University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 4 DISCUSSION

Please Read Barnett, chapters 1-3, and Tip 57, chapters 1-3 Questions 1. What are some of the common characteristics of female child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetrators? Are those characteristics different for adolescent CSA perpetrators? 2. What is the evidence for and against the proposition that children fabricate claims of CSA?...
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Chicago State University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 3 DISCUSSION

Questions 1. Describe trauma-informed care screening and assessment. 2. What are some of the barriers a counselor may encounter when conducting trauma-informed care screening and assessment? 3. Discuss some of the long-term effects associated with child physical abuse. 4. Straus (1994) argues that spanking, hitting, or slapping a child legitimates...
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Chicago State University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 2 DISCUSSION

Please Read Barnett, Chapter 3; Tip 57, Chapter 3 Questions 1. Choose three myths about family violence and explain why they are not valid. 2. Explain how family violence is fostered by the prevalence of interpersonal violence in today's society. 3. Do you think that victims of Intimate Partner Violence...
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Chicago State University | PSYC 4302 | WEEK 1 DISCUSSION

Please Read Barnett, chapters 1-3, and Tip 57, chapters 1-3 Questions 1. Our text suggests that shame in adult batterers is linked with anxious attachment during childhood. Painful reactions learned in childhood, such as fear of abandonment, may rise again to fuel an assault against a partner who threatens to...
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