One of the best known investigations in the area of psychology was performed at
the Hawthorne Works of the Western Electric Company. The reason for the research,
which led to the so-called Hawthorne effect, was to
(a) find better ways to gain worker satisfaction so that turnover would be
reduced
(b) show that scientific management simply did not work, because it was not
really scientific
(c) find the optimal level of illumination for assembly workers
(d) discover whether there were expectancy effects among the workers
(e) all of the above
C
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What will be an ideal response?
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Anderson and colleagues (2010) have conducted extensive research on the effects of violent video games. Their research suggests
A) no causal link between short-term effects of video game playing and behaviour, but correlational data suggested that long-term exposure results in delinquent behaviour. B) no causal link between the effects of video game playing and behaviour. C) a short-term immediate effect on thoughts and behaviour from playing a violent game can be found but no detrimental long-term effects were evident. D) there is a causal link between violent video game playing and aggressive thoughts, emotions, and behaviour. E) adults and university students show few effects of violent video game playing but an increase in aggression was seen in children who had aggressive tendencies.