Jamal Has Played Several Different Sports Since He Can Remember

question 15

Multiple Choice

Jamal has played several different sports since he can remember. He really enjoys sports that have physical contact like football. He is generally a happy teen but can also be triggered quite easily by others into aggression. When Jamal plays video games, he seeks out shooting games which only seek to make him more aggressive than when he started. According to the media practice model, Jamal is ______.

• A) influenced by the violence he sees he proliferates more violent behavior.
• B) influenced to experience gratification from the aggressive video games
• C) influenced by the video games toward aggressive behavior
• D) influenced by both the video games and his personality toward aggression

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Definitions:

Cognitive Development

The study of how thinking, problem-solving, and intelligence evolve as individuals grow, often focusing on childhood development.

Formal Operations

The final stage of cognitive development in Jean Piaget's theory, marked by the ability to think abstractly and to understand hypothetical concepts.

Concrete Operations

A stage in cognitive development, as theorized by Jean Piaget, where children gain the ability to think logically about concrete events.

Formal Operational Stage

The Formal Operational Stage is the final stage in Piaget's cognitive development theory, starting at around age 12, where individuals gain the ability to think abstractly, reason logically, and understand hypothetical situations.