A Psychologist Is Looking for a Link Between Aggressive Behavior

question 120

Multiple Choice

A psychologist is looking for a link between aggressive behavior and television violence.She measures the frequency of fighting and television-viewing habits of many twelve-year-old children.The psychologist concludes that children who watch more violent programming also get into fights more often.This is an example of ____.

• A) a case study
• B) a survey
• C) correlational research
• D) experimental research

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Definitions:

Electrical Charge

A fundamental property of particles that causes them to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

Neuron

A nerve cell that is the basic building block of the nervous system, responsible for receiving, processing, and transmitting information through electrical and chemical signals.

Stimulated

The condition of being aroused or activated through external stimuli or internal physiological processes.

Neural Transmission

The method through which neurons interact via electrical and chemical signals.