According to the 1998 National Television Violence Study viewers of violence on TV are less fearful of being attacked in real life because they see violence as play acting.
a. true
b. false
Ans: b. false
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A. an unwillingness to take risks B. a history of abuse in childhood C. they tend to be creative in some areas and poor in others D. a lack of desire to be creative
?Dr. Ford wants to test the hypothesis that room color can affect memory. To that end, he randomly assigns 10 students to a condition where they study a written passage while seated in a room that is painted a lilac color. The other 10 students study the passage while seated in an identical room that is painted bright orange. After both groups studied the passage for one hour, they are given a
multiple-choice test over the material. Dr. Ford then calculates how many questions the students answer correctly. He finds that students in the lilac-room condition score much better than the students in the orange-room condition. Based on this study, what can Dr. Ford conclude? a. ?Room color predicts, but does not cause a change in, memory performance. b. ?Room color causes a change in memory performance. c. ?Students like cool colors better than warm ones. d. ?Warm colors make students angry.
Piaget theorized that as cognitive structures developed, they changed with
experience. This is called (a) conservation (b) syncretism (c) the fundamental attribution error (d) accommodation (e) assimilation
__________ represents the infant's attempts to influence another person's attention and
behavior. A) Intentional communication B) Pragmatics C) Lexical intent D) Incidental signaling