Greitemeyer and His Colleagues Have Conducted a Number of Studies

question 123

Multiple Choice

Greitemeyer and his colleagues have conducted a number of studies to examine the effects of video games on helping. They have some participants pay a prosocial video game and others play a neutral video game. The dependent variable of this research is the

• A) degree of helping.
• B) type of video game.
• C) participants.
• D) temperature of the room where they play the game.

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Definitions:

Internal Forces

Forces that act within an object or system, affecting its structure and performance without external influence.

Punishment

An unpleasant stimulus that suppresses behavior.

Teasing

The act of making fun of or attempting to provoke a person or animal in a playful or unkind way.

Frequency

In various contexts, it refers to the rate at which something occurs or is repeated over a particular period of time.