Chapter 9: Intimate Relationship Aggression: Domestic Violence and Domestic Homicide
1. Fire has had a significant effect on human evolution due to fire-adapted changes to
- Dentists and woods
- Dentition and digestion
- Digestion and sewage
- Dentition and woods
2. Which group of people use fire, but appear to have no ability to produce or control it?
- Papua New Guineans
- Andaman Islanders
- Fiji Islanders
- Kalahari Busmen
3. One significant problem with fire is that it is self-perpetuating providing there is sufficient
- Oxygen
- oxygen and fuel
- oxygen and wood
- fuel and space
4. Spastic hemiplegia is a neuromuscular condition of spasticity resulting in the entire body being in a constant state of contraction
- True
- False
5. Most cultures have mythology including supernatural being gifting humanity with fire. Which one of the following is not a fire-giving being?
- Azazel (Judeo-Christian)
- Crow (Yukon nation)
- Prometheus (Ancient Greek)*
- Wendigo (Algonquian Ojibwe)
6. According to Freudian psychology flames are illustrative of the libido
- True
- False
7. Which of the following is not a possible motive for arson
- Insurance fraud
- Crime concealment
- Revenge
- Accident
8. Pyromania is
- Synonymous with arson
- An impulse control disorder with the impulse of Firesetting
- An impulse control disorder with the impulse of theft
- Synonymous with psychopathy
9. Tyler & Gannon (2012) conclude that despite research there is little understanding of
- How fire setters operate
- How arsonists often escape
- Why fire setters do this
- None of the above
10. The presence of semen, urine and/or faeces may indicate a case of sexual arousal associated with fire setting
- True
- False
11. Which of the following is NOT an indicator that a fire has been set deliberately?
- Removal of valuable items
- Presence of accelerant
- Opened windows
- V-pattern burning
12. Mental illness is a significant factor in the psychology of the firesetter
- True
- False
13. Which of the following is not a disorder associated with fire or firesetting
- Pyromania
- Pyrotechnic
- Pyrophilia
- Pyrolagnia
14. Female firesetters are most often motivated by
- Greed
- Anger
- Heroics
- Revenge
15. Juvenile firesetting is NOT motivated by
- Greed
- Attention-seeking
- Negative reinforcement as reward
- Excitement