Your town's council has decided to display a new sculpture downtown that consists of a large number of guns attached together
You oppose such a plan, saying that, according to research on ________, the sculpture might increase aggressive behavior downtown.
A) catharsis aggression theory
B) excitation transfer theory
C) the weapons effect
D) the frustration-aggression hypothesis
Answer: C
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