What Is the Relationship Between Media Coverage and PTSD

question 55

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between media coverage and PTSD?

• A) People who watch media coverage of traumatic events, like a terrorist attack, experience a catharsis rather than PTSD.
• B) People who watched the media coverage of terrorism attacks were more likely to experience at least one symptom of PTSD.
• C) There is no relationship between PTSD and media coverage of any kind of event.
• D) PTSD is experienced by those in the media rather than people who watch the media reports of traumatic events, such as terrorist attacks.

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Definitions:

CPI

Stands for Consumer Price Index, a measure that examines the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food, and medical care, used to estimate the economy's inflation rate.

Real Wages

Wage increases larger than rises in the consumer price index; that is, the real earning power of wages

Expectancy Theory

A motivation theory suggesting that individuals are more likely to act in a certain way based on the expectation that the act will be followed by a given outcome and the attractiveness of that outcome.

Pay Systems

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