After five decades of research, including more than 300 studies using a variety of resources, there is a strong census among scholars that __________
a) watching TV violence has little impact on children’s aggression
b) watching TV violence increases children’s aggression
c) watching TV violence decreases children’s aggression
d) watching TV violence increases aggression only in children with aggressive personalities
Answer: b
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controlled study, the SOTEP results a. found no difference in subsequent sexual crimes between the treatment and the control group. b. suggest a 13 percent reduction in subsequent recidivism between the therapy group and the control group. c. found an actual increase in recidivism in the therapy group. d. found a significant increase in violent crime in both groups.
Deceiving participants about the purpose of a research study is strictly forbidden in all circumstances by APA guidelines as well as by government regulations
a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
During an interrogation, an FBI agent tries to scare a suspect into making a confession by saying "You know,
, they have this new type of lie detector that can measure activity in different regions of the brain to determine whether a person is lying or telling the truth." What technology is the agent referring to? a. fMRI b. Computer Voice Stress Analyzer c. polygraph d. two-photon imaging
Critics of the humanist approach argue that:
a. it places too much emphasis on "nature," and not enough on "nurture." b. although the concepts are intuitively appealing, they are difficult to define operationally. c. although rational decision making is acknowledged, the dominant emphasis on the unconscious hinders research. d. the approach provides an excellent framework for interpreting personality in collectivist cultures, but is inadequate in individualist cultures.