In the context of the effects of media violence, most organizations of health professionals agree that:
A) media violence contributes to aggression among people.
B) children are more likely to heed what people say than to imitate what they do.
C) media violence directly causes aggression.
D) people are less likely to be aggressive when they are highly aroused.
A
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Researchers found that specific combinations of serotonin transporter alleles affected how students reacted to being bullied. Students with the SS alleles had the strongest reaction, those with the LL alleles the mildest reaction, and those with the heterozygous SL alleles reacted somewhere in between. What do these results suggest?
a. The L allele is the dominant allele. b. The S allele is the recessive allele. c. The S allele is the dominant allele. d. The L and S alleles do not have a strict dominant?recessive relationship.
In a study by Carré and colleagues, men played a computer game against a fictitious opponent. Researchers varied the rewards and costs as well as provocation from the opponent. Results supported the idea that
A) testosterone levels will vary depending on situational factors. B) men who produce high levels of testosterone are more aggressive. C) testosterone levels are non-responsive to situational factors. D) aggression-levels vary as a response to situational factors rather than testosterone levels. E) aggression depends on serotonin levels to a greater extent than testosterone levels.
Describe the three components in Sternberg's (1986) theory of love. How does each component change over the course of a typical romantic relationship?
What will be an ideal response?
The textbook reported that application of psychoanalysis to individual behavior has even extended to
A. studies about sexuality as playing a minimal role in causing mental disorders. B. studies about catharsis as an effective method of releasing anger. C. studies about eating behavior as shown in stimulation of the hypothalamus. D. studies about unconsciousness residing in some parts of the brain.