Which of the following mechanisms, in relation to copycat effects generated by the media, is characterized through the following description: the portrayals of certain behaviors by the media activate a cluster of associated ideas and concepts within the potential copycat offender that increase the likelihood that he or she will behave similarly?

a. Imitation
b. Priming
c. Scripts
d. None of the above


B

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