Many Concerns Relating to Media Tend to Focus on the Effects

question 39

Multiple Choice

Many concerns relating to media tend to focus on the effects of media violence on children and adolescents. The theory which argues that vicariously experiencing aggression provides a substitute for actually expressing it, and acts as a sort of "safety valve" is known as:

• A) substitute theory
• B) safety theory
• C) surrogate theory
• D) intuitive theory
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Evolutionary Perspective

A theoretical approach that explains human behavior and psychological traits as adaptations that evolved to solve recurrent problems in human ancestral environments.

Biological Perspective

A psychological approach that emphasizes bodily events and changes associated with actions, feelings, and thoughts.

Psychological Approach

A method in psychology that focuses on understanding mental processes, behaviors, and disorders through the lens of brain function, emotions, and personality.

Bodily Events

Physical occurrences or phenomena within the body, often related to health, disease, or physiological processes.