The Idea That Arousal Created by One Stimulus Can Intensify

question 71

Multiple Choice

The idea that arousal created by one stimulus can intensify an individual's emotional response to another stimulus is called

• A) social learning theory.
• B) the negative affect escape model.
• C) excitation transfer.
• D) aggression cultivation.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how much the values differ from the mean of the set.

Central Tendency

A statistical measure that identifies a central or typical value for a set of data, commonly represented by the mean, median, or mode.

Median

The middle value in a sorted list of numbers, effectively dividing the dataset into two halves.

Regression Toward

A statistical phenomenon that describes how extreme scores on a variable tend to be closer to the average on subsequent measurements.