"Ho-hum. More blood and guts, another brutal beating. What's on the other channels?" This reaction to TV violence best captures the power of TV violence to
A) lower our inhibitions about aggressing.
B) promote violence.
C) prime anger and make it more accessible.
D) providing suggestible viewers with ideas.
E) reduce our sympathy for the victims of violence.
E) reduce our sympathy for the victims of violence.
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Longitudinal research on IQ change during adulthood indicates that
a. crystallized intelligence peaks in young adulthood and then declines steadily. b. both fluid and crystallized and fluid intelligence peak in middle adulthood and then decline steadily. c. crystallized intelligence peaks and then declines, while fluid intelligence remains steady into middle-old adulthood. d. fluid intelligence peaks and then declines, while crystallized intelligence remains steady into middle-old adulthood.
Interviews are commonly used in the evaluation of police candidates although their reliability has been questioned. Reliability refers to
A. the skill of the interviewer in validating the performance of the candidate. B. the degree to which information from the interview is related to relevant criteria. C. the extent to which an interview yields the same information with different interviewers or on different occasions. D. None of these are correct.
Tests in which people are asked to tell what they see in ambiguous visual stimuli are:
a. open-ended tests. b. ambiguity tolerance tests. c. projective tests. d. creative inventories.
Narcotics are a type of __________ that work by stimulating the body’s internal pain management system or __________
a) depressant; endorphins b) stimulant; endorphins c) depressant; opiates d) stimulants; opiates