According to the chapter Does TV Violence Sell? about memory of commercial content, mood
management theory suggests that
(a) if you are ina negative mood you will engage in self-destructive activity
(b) viewers placed in a negative mood from exposure to violent programming engage in an active process to improve their mood
(c) viewers who are placed in a negative mood from violent programming will often engage in violent actions in order to relieve tension
(d) a positive mood can immediately shift and become negative at first exposure to a violent stimulus
B
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a. Quantitative scores predict almost anything better than verbal scores do. b. GRE quantitative scores have higher reliability than GRE verbal scores. c. Nearly all English grad students have very similar, high verbal scores. d. The GRE verbal test is more difficult than the GRE quantitative test.
In attraction research, the propinquity effect refers to the tendency for people to be relatively attracted to others who ____
a. they encounter on a regular basis b. are similar to them c. like them d. have had experiences similar to their own
People attempting retrieval in groups can have worse performance than control groups. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways performance can worsen?
a. additional misinformation spreads b. unwillingness to confront others c. overconfidence from hearing others’ answers d. lack of enthusiasm for participation
Pavlovian conditioning is an adaptive mechanism but can nevertheless result in the acquisition of maladaptive behavior
Indicate whether the statement is true or false