Which of the following is true of the criticisms faced by studies that link violent media and aggression?
a. Violent media has no effect on most children and only a small effect on vulnerable children.
b. The randomized experiments that have been done cannot determine whether a steady dose of violent media causes long-term aggression in real life.
c. Effect sizes show that TV violence has a weaker effect on children’s aggression than child abuse, low IQ, or antisocial friends.
d. All the research is correlational and cannot show cause and effect.
ANSWER: b
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