A Local Community Is Committed to Reducing Violence Among Its

question 63

Multiple Choice

A local community is committed to reducing violence among its residents. The community leaders have come up with four proposals whose potential success is to be evaluated by a social psychologist. According to social psychological research on aggression, which of the following proposals should be rejected because it would be the least likely to reduce violence?

• A) Rewarding non-aggressive behavior
• B) Providing air-conditioned shelters when it is hot outside
• C) Opening to public viewing executions and other physical punishments of criminals
• D) Reduction of the display of weapons in the community

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