Social Learning Theorists (For Example, Bandura)believe That Heavy Exposure to Media

question 43

Multiple Choice

Social learning theorists (for example, Bandura) believe that heavy exposure to media violence should enhance children's aggressive antisocial inclinations because:

• A)actors portraying violence are serving as aggressive models and will reduce children's inhibitions about aggression if their violence is condoned on TV
• B)children's exposure to televised violence drains away their aggressive impulses
• C)children easily distinguish fantasy aggression from reality
• D)violence is quite uncommon in the programming children watch

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