What are some of the positive benefits reported by boys about playing with electronic games?

What will be an ideal response?


Studies have reported positive effects. Boys reported that they really enjoyed the social aspects of game playing- talking with friends about the games. They also said that they used the games to work through feelings of anger or stress. The games had a cathartic effect on them.

Psychology

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Assets that can be drawn from one's network of personal relationships are known as

A) relational resources. B) friendship benefits. C) social capital. D) exchange materials.

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Which of the following was one of the ways that artificiality existed in the artificial groups (according to Danziger’s analysis)?

a. data was based upon individual attributes b. individuals were treated as a unit c. group membership was based upon experimental assignment d. none of the above

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Many states have identified objectives for students in their state and created tests to measure whether students were meeting those objectives. This approach became national policy in 2002 when the ________ legislation was signed into law.

A. Talent Search B. Reach for Success C. No Child Left Behind D. Carnegie Foundation

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Ecological validity is generally high so long as observations made in a study ______.

A. will generalize across different but related dependent variables B. can be generalized to the population from which a sample was selected C. are not limited to specific features of the research setting itself D. are observed in the same way over time or at different points in time

Psychology