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Maya attends a plenary lecture entitled, The Underlying Causes of Rape, at the annual Society for Neuroscience conference. The lecturer discusses a theory to explain what factors drive some men to rape.
 
  The theory states the rapist views sexual conquests as a source of self esteem and experiences gratification from controlling women. Which theory is the lecturer discussing?
 
  a. the confluence model of sexual aggression
  b. the feminist model of sexual aggression
  c. the dichotomic model of sexual aggression
  d. the evolutionary model of sexual aggression

Question 2

Why is it difficult to accurately assess the occurrence of rape?
 
  a. Many surveys used to assess incidences of rape use very broad language to define rape thus leading to an overestimation of reported rapes.
  b. For a number of reasons, many rape victims tend not to report their crimes.
  c. In an attempt to keep crime statistics low, some jurisdictions tend to purposely underreport incidences of rape.
  d. Many times, rapes and sexual assaults are grouped together in crime reports.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: A

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B





 

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