The Fact That Violence and Aggression Appear to Be Decreasing

question 62

Multiple Choice

The fact that violence and aggression appear to be decreasing over time are consistent with which of the following themes of the book?

• A) Nature says yes, culture says no.
• B) Nature says no, culture says yes.
• C) The bad is stronger than the good.
• D) The good is stronger than the bad.

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A statement of no effect or no difference, used as a default assumption until evidence indicates otherwise.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from a sample of data that is used to evaluate the validity of a hypothesis in statistical hypothesis testing.

α

Typically used to represent the significance level in hypothesis testing, which is the probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is actually true.

P-value

The probability of observing data at least as extreme as the observed data, assuming the null hypothesis is true.