Which of these studies on the relation between TV violence and aggressive
behavior cannot be criticized on the ground that it is either correlational, or that the
subjects were not representative of the general population?
(a) the study in the three Canadian towns with a diminished number of sports
activities as the number of channels went from 0 to 1 to 4
(b) the study by McIntyre and Teevan that showed the correlation between
viewing and violence in 2300 adolescents to be about .20
(c) the study conducted in the U.S., Finland, and Poland that correlated self-
reports with aggression
(d) Robinson and Bachman's study with extreme groups that found a 50%
difference in the number of fights
(e) none of the above
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a. Compare scores on the test to measurements of an important real-life behavior. b. Administer the test to several groups of people from different cultures. c. Administer the test more than once to the same group of people. d. Survey well-known researchers about their opinion of the test.
Which one of the following best describes Skinner's view of human nature?
a. We are condemned to a struggle with our inner forces, which we are almost always destined to lose. b. We are potentially capable of attaining hope, purpose, wisdom, and the other virtues. c. We are determined by the learning and unlearning of childhood experiences. d. We are controlled by the environment, but we can control ourselves by changing the environment.
Which of the following is the correct order of Piaget's stages of cognitive development?
a) preoperational; concrete operations; sensorimotor; formal operations b) concrete operations; sensorimotor; preoperational; formal operations c) sensorimotor; preoperational; concrete operations; formal operations d) preoperational; sensorimotor; concrete operations; formal operations
Albert Ellis created
a. psychodynamic therapy. b. behavioral therapy. c. rational-emotive behavior therapy. d. group therapy. e. person-centered therapy.