Research involving young male participants who played floor hockey after being exposed to a violent TV segment demonstrated that violent media produce
a. long-term increases in people’s levels of aggression
b. long-term deficits in social functioning
c. short-term increases in aggressive behavior
d. short-term deficits in social functioning
Ans: C
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A. Korsakoff's psychosis. B. Wada's hemiparesis. C. Broca's aphasia. D. Capgras syndrome.
________ is an inferred characteristic of an individual, usually defined as the ability to profit from experience, acquire knowledge, think abstractly, act purposefully, or adapt to changes in the environment
a. Intelligence b. Dissonance c. Intelligence quotient d. Mental age
Historically, which one of the following was a belief about handedness?
a. Having equal dominance or being ambidextrous was preferred. b. Being left handed had superstitious notions attached to it. c. Right handed people were thought to be of higher IQ. d. Left handed people were thought to have unique and unusual gifts.
At the beginning of the term, researchers measured the attitudes of students taking a class in cross-cultural communication. At the end of the term, the students' attitudes were measured again. This is an example of a(n) ________ design.
A. nonequivalent control group B. one-shot case study C. one-group pretest-posttest D. independent groups