Your older brother and his 9-year-old son watch R-rated movies that include considerable violence. He believes that because he and his son are watching the movies together, it is not posing a problem. What do you think?

A. Your brother is correct. The fact that they are watching the movies together eliminates the potential problems.
B. There is irrefutable evidence that exposure to violent media is correlated with aggression, so, regardless of whether he watches these movies with his son, it is not really a good idea.
C. Watching violent movies actually reduces aggression in males.
D. There has been very little research on the topic.


Answer: B

Psychology

You might also like to view...

How are the degrees of freedom for the Wilcoxon rank-sum test determined?

a. N – 1 b. N(n – 1) c. N – k d. There are no degrees of freedom for the Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

Psychology

Which statement concerning antisocial/delinquent behavior and biology is true?

a. Inherited temperament may increase risk for aggressive behavior b. Chromosome 17 contains a gene that controls violence c. Twin studies indicate that antisocial behavior is often inherited d. Diminished levels of hormones like testosterone often lead to violence

Psychology

A young researcher joins a local fraternity posing as a student and becomes immersed in the fraternity lifestyle in order to study members of the fraternity.a. What method of observation did the researcher use?b. What type of qualitative research design often requires the use of this method of observation?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

If you felt heightened anxiety because you want to join the Peace Corps but your parents

want you to join the armed forces, Rogers would label your difficulty as __________ . Fill in the blanks with correct word

Psychology