In Studies That Looked at the Association Between Violent Video

question 481

Multiple Choice

In studies that looked at the association between violent video games and aggressiveness, the researchers found that

• A)the level of violence displayed in the video game was the determining factor in whether the participants showed aggression when given the chance.
• B)the competitiveness, difficulty, or pacing of a game may influence aggression levels just as much, if not more, than the violent content of the game.
• C)the violent video games actually sensitized the players so that they reacted negatively to the violence shown and were less likely to imitate it.
• D)only young children were influenced to imitate the violence with adolescents and adults not being significantly affected.

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