Watching prosocial behaviour on television:
a. leads to increases in prosocial behaviour by child viewers
b. leads to increases in prosocial behaviour by adult viewers, but not by children
c. has no demonstrable effect on prosocial behaviour of viewers
d. leads to decreases in aggressiveness by child viewers
e. produces a greater capacity for empathic responding
Ans: a
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