Our team has conducted extensive research to compile a set of Psychology of Violence and Intimidation MCQs. We encourage you to test your Psychology of Violence and Intimidation knowledge by answering these 50 multiple-choice questions provided below.
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A. They are always related to terrorism.
B. The perpetrator is apparent.
C. The perpetrator always leaves a note or written document outlining motive.
D. The perpetrator is often frustrated and angry.
A. Related to each other
B. Easily accessible
C. Well known in the community
D. Middle class and male
A. Control
B. Domination
C. Excitement
D. Financial gain
A. True
B. False
A. Discourage one from using violence to achieve goals
B. Decrease one’s fear of victimization
C. Desensitize one to violence
D. Determine one’s peer relationships
A. Time interval between killings in a serial murder
B. Level of anger expressed by the perpetrator
C. Time interval between killings in a spree murder
D. Time period immediately following a single murder
E. Time period immediately before a murder
A. Cognitive
B. Neurobiological
C. Socialization
D. Situational
A. Hedonistic
B. Power
C. Control
D. Visionary
A. Hate
B. Lust
C. Thrill
D. Dominance
A. Police
B. Bartenders
C. Retail workers
D. Postal workers
A. True
B. False
A. True
B. False
A. During their elementary school years
B. During their middle school years
C. During their high school years
D. During their college years
A. Law enforcement procedures
B. Racial oppression
C. High poverty rates
D. Biological factors
A. Instrumental violence
B. Expressive violence
C. Primary violence
D. Reactive violence
A. Deficient cognitive ability
B. aggression
C. All of these
D. Conduct problems
A. show-up
B. bias crimes
C. Victimology and victim services
D. None of these
A. Infancy
B. All of these
C. bullying
D. Early childhood
A. False
B. True
A. criminal homicide
B. None of these
C. Psychotherapists
D. Researchers
A. Perpetrator’s gender
B. cyberstalking
C. All of these
D. Primary motivation
A. erotomania stalkers
B. Limited budgets
C. All of these
D. The short-term nature of the sentence
A. False
B. True
A. Dynamic records
B. All of these
C. hate crime statistics act
D. Behavioral sequences
A. Likelihood of recidivism of domestic violence
B. hate crimes
C. sexual harassment
D. All of these
A. All of these
B. Controversial
C. Inclusive
D. hedonistic type
A. False
B. True
A. projective instruments
B. None of these
C. Primary motivation
D. leakage
A. All of these
B. Evaluation
C. love obsession stalkers
D. Enhancement
A. Divisive
B. All of these
C. Clinical
D. manslaughter
A. False
B. True
A. None of these
B. Child
C. Physician
D. mission-oriented type
A. Pathological death
B. All of these
C. murder
D. Civil and criminal law
A. Financial gain
B. observational learning
C. All of these
D. Domination
A. False
B. True
A. Cross-examination
B. Duty to protect
C. None of these
D. Reactive or expressive violence
A. Risk assessment
B. Safe School Initiative (SSI)
C. None of these
D. Adjudicative competence
A. Acute battering incident phase
B. Honeymoon phase
C. None of these
D. school shootings
A. True
B. False
A. All of these
B. simple obsession stalkers
C. Be unmarried
D. criminal investigative analysis
A. situational factors
B. All of these
C. Acute battering incident phase
D. Honeymoon phase
A. socialization factors
B. deposition
C. None of these
D. The International Association of Forensic Psychologists
A. True
B. False
A. True
B. False
A. Psychosocial assessment
B. Visitation assessment
C. All of these
D. threat assessment
A. Screening categories
B. Security levels
C. All of these
D. vengeance stalkers
A. Demanding
B. All of these
C. Authoritarian
D. violence
A. True
B. False
A. None of these
B. Control
C. Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP)
D. Domination
A. visionary type
B. Hyperactivity
C. All of these
D. Fascination with fire