Many Researchers Maintain That There Is a Positive Relationship Between

question 84

Multiple Choice

Many researchers maintain that there is a positive relationship between exposure to violent media and real-life aggressive behavior. The claim that exposure to violence actually causes an increase in aggression would be best supported by which of the following?

• A) A study in which the variable "number of hours of violent television watched per week" is used to predict the likelihood that participants will be convicted of a violent crime in the future.
• B) A study in which participants who are randomly assigned to play violent video games later administer greater levels of electric shock to a confederate than participants who are assigned to play neutral games.
• C) Real-world examples where young people have committed crimes intended to mimic behaviors they have seen in violent movies.
• D) A study in which men who have been accused of sexually aggressive behavior in the past report high levels of exposure to violent media.

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Slave Ownership

Refers to the historical and inhumane practice of possessing individuals as property, primarily seen in pre-Civil War United States among other parts of the world.

Southern Households

Homes in the Southern United States, often historically characterized by their connection to plantation economies and reliance on slave labor before the Civil War.

Internal Slave Trade

The buying and selling of slaves within a country, particularly referring to the trade of enslaved African Americans within the United States before the Civil War.