Concerning the Effects of Video Game and Television on Aggression

question 160

Multiple Choice

Concerning the effects of video game and television on aggression, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) The more personalized, intimate experience of video games may heighten the impact of the violence.
• B) By practicing violence against other people, video game players may learn to be aggressive in real life.
• C) The repeated exposure to violence in video games and television desensitizes viewers, making them less likely to react negatively to violence and, hence, more prone to engage in it.
• D) After watching television or playing a violent video game, only young children show an increase in aggression, not adolescents nor adults.

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Definitions:

Spatial Attention

The ability to prioritize visual processing on a particular spatial location in the field of view to enhance detection and analysis of relevant information.

Parietal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in processing sensory information regarding the location of parts of the body, as well as interpreting visual information and processing language and mathematics.

Sensory Input

Information received by sensory receptors from the external and internal environments, which is then processed by the nervous system.

Nervous System

The part of an organism that coordinates its actions and sensory information by transmitting signals to and from different parts of its body.