What Is Adware

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is adware?

• A) A special class of adware that collects data about the user and transmits it over the Internet without the user's knowledge or permission.
• B) Experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and computer networks, either for profit or just motivated by the challenge.
• C) A computer attack where an attacker accesses a wireless computer network, intercepts data, uses network services, and/or sends attack instructions without entering the office or organization that owns the network.
• D) Software that while purporting to serve some useful function and often fulfilling that function also allows Internet advertisers to display advertisements without the consent of the computer user.

Understand the concept of aggression as an adaptive strategy from an evolutionary perspective.

Recognize ethical considerations and methodologies in the empirical study of aggression.

Define aggression, including intentional harm and its consensus among psychologists.

Distinguish between innate and learned aspects of aggression through the nature-nurture debate.

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Definitions:

Homeo-

A prefix meaning similar or same, used in terms such as homeopathy, which involves treatment with small doses of natural substances that in larger amounts would produce symptoms of the ailment.

Visceral

Relating to the internal organs of the body, especially those within the chest and abdomen.

Abdominal Organs

Various organs located within the abdominal cavity, including the stomach, liver, pancreas, intestines, and kidneys.

Mesomorph

A body type characterized by a muscular frame and the ability to gain muscle and maintain a low body fat percentage easily.