In a study assessing the effects of television on behavior, attitudes, and values, Kottak and a team of researchers found that
A. television exposure has a greater impact on behavior, attitudes, and values in the United States than in Brazil.
B. the claim that television exposure affects people's behavior, attitudes, and values is overstated.
C. television exposure inevitably leads to a decrease in social interaction, regardless of the culture.
D. Brazilians watch telenovelas because they see in these programs the traditions of their culture vividly represented and valued.
E. people's ideas about proper family size are influenced as they see, day after day, nuclear families smaller than the traditional ones in their town.
Answer: E
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