Which of the following most closely represents the weapons effect?
a. The presence of weapons deters individuals from performing aggressive acts, but not from learning thepositive reinforcements that are associated with violence
b. The presence of weapons can act as an aggression cue that increases the likelihood of aggressive behaviors.
c. Although the presence of weapons does not make aggression more likely, it does tend to increase the severityof aggression.
d. Exposure to weapons in the media desensitizes individuals to violence, thus reducing their inhibitions againstaggression.
b
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Bonanno and colleagues' (2011) study on grieving found support for the contention that a. feelings of grief increase significantly with age
b. excessive processing of grief may actually increase stress in a bereaved individual. c. men show more grief processing than women. d. when a person dies as the result of passive euthanasia, grief tends to be more intense.
The left hemisphere is dominant for language function in
a. no one. b. about 95 percent of right-handers and 70 percent of left-handers. c. about 19 percent of left-handers and three percent of right-handers. d. all left-handed persons.
The rules or techniques that provide a framework for our observations are referred to as a __________
a. strategy b. construct c. method d. statistic
Which of the following are the two types of explicit memories that are discussed in your book chapter?
a. iconic and echoic memories b. semantic and episodic memories c. eidetic and photographic memories d. procedural and declarative memories