The Observation That the Preference for Watching TV Shows Depicting

question 67

Multiple Choice

The observation that the preference for watching TV shows depicting violence is correlated −.86 with altruism suggests

• A)TV violence causes altruistic behavior.
• B)altruistic behavior causes a preference for TV violence.
• C)increases in altruism are associated with decreases in preference for violent programs.
• D)there is no relationship between TV preference and altruism.

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