Describe prosocial behavior and its influence on the media
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER:
?Prosocial behavior is in a sense the opposite of antisocial behavior. It includes behaviors and positive qualities that we want to encourage in our children and our society: cooperation, altruism, sharing, love, tolerance, respect, balanced nutrition, contraceptive use, personal hygiene, safe driving, improved reading skills, and so on. Instead of criticizing the media for sex and violence, only to have them retreat behind the First Amendment, why not encourage them to produce more wholesome and educational programs?
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a) absolutist b) existential c) utilitarian d) idealist
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a. adding extra details to the information that has to be remembered. b. recording a speech in a tape recorder or a CD. c. forming a word with the first letters of the information that has to be remembered. d. paraphrasing the information that has to be remembered with related words.
Guidelines for successfully achieving goals include the following except for:
a. write them down b. provide appropriate feedback c. set a time frame to achieve them d. keep them secret (pages 193-199)
All of the following statements about Expectancy Violations Theory (EVT) are true EXCEPT
A. people typically are uncertain about what to expect with regard to the verbal and nonverbal behaviors of others B. the focus of EVT lies in examining the impact that deviations from expectations for others' behaviors have on the communication process C. EVT was initially developed to examine the influence of nonverbal communication on message production D. expectations for personal space and distance in conversations have received considerable attention in the study of expectancy violations