Extensive research on the effects of viewing violence on television may be summarized by
stating that
a. the causal link between long-term viewing of television violence and later aggression is
firmly established.
b. there is a negative correlation between the amount of violent media programming viewed
by children and subsequent aggressive behavior.
c. long-term viewing of television violence in childhood may cause an increase in later
aggressive behavior among adolescent girls, but not among adolescent boys.
d. there is a positive correlation between the amount of violent media programming viewed
by children and subsequent aggressive behavior.
e. there is no relationship between long-term viewing of television violence and subsequent
aggressive behavior.
d. there is a positive correlation between the amount of violent media programming
viewed by children and subsequent aggressive behavior.
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a. Isolation from family and friends is important to promote the new member's allegiance. b. Rituals such as chanting and meditation are used to help new members to question their beliefs and reach their own conclusions regarding their life choices. c. Potential recruits are initially "love bombed" with intense displays of affection and understanding. d. Making major public commitments creates a great deal of cognitive dissonance.
The desire to associate with others describes our need to
a. affiliate. b. dominate others. c. be acknowledged. d. conform.
When an observer is moving, objects appear to move at different speeds and in different directions
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
If we postulate that introverts have an innately higher level of central nervous system arousal, this is an application of
A) Pavlov's theory of the classical conditioning of traits. B) Freud's theory of the hydraulic nature of the id. C) Buss's theory of the evolution of homeostatic mechanisms. D) Eysenck's linking of the dimension of introversion to biology.