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Alfred Conducted a Study on the Relationship Between Playground Aggression

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Alfred conducted a study on the relationship between playground aggression observed in 5-year-old boys and their time spent playing with toy guns. The data he obtained gave him a correlation coefficient of +0.64. Explain what this coefficient means with reference to a graph, indicate the approximate appearance of the line, and discuss the strength and direction of the relationship.


Definitions:

Suppressive Influence

The impact or effect that reduces, inhibits, or diminishes a particular response, activity, or expression.

Mowrer

A psychologist known for his two-factor theory of avoidance learning, which combines classical and operant conditioning theories to explain how anxiety and phobias are learned and maintained.

First Stage Avoidance

First stage avoidance in classical conditioning is where the organism learns to avoid an aversive stimulus by responding appropriately to a warning signal.

Fear

Conditioned response to stimuli associated with painful events; motivates avoidance of aversive events.

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