Many Studies of the Effects of Exposure to Media Violence

question 3

Multiple Choice

Many studies of the effects of exposure to media violence on aggressive behavior are guided by:

• A)role theory
• B)social exchange theory
• C)social identity theory
• D)social learning theory
• E)status characteristics theory

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Devices the ego uses to keep threatening material out of awareness and thereby reduce or avoid anxiety.

Neurotic Anxiety

A form of anxiety resulting from an unconscious fear that the ego's control over unacceptable impulses of the id will fail, leading to punishment for inappropriate thoughts or behaviors.

Unconscious

In Freud’s topographic model, the part of personality that contains material that cannot easily be brought into awareness.

Implicit Punishments

Penalties for undesirable behavior that are not directly expressed or are implied, affecting behavior modification subtly.