The Vast Majority of Studies on Media Violence and Aggressive

question 24

Multiple Choice

The vast majority of studies on media violence and aggressive behavior:

• A)are focused on adolescents.
• B)are correlational.
• C)conclusively demonstrate that media violence causes aggressive behavior.
• D)do not distinguish between passive media such as television and active media such as video games.

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Definitions:

Association Areas

Regions of the brain that integrate and process information from the sensory and motor areas to perform complex cognitive tasks.

Motor Areas

Regions of the brain involved in the planning, control, and execution of voluntary movements, predominantly located in the frontal lobes.

Higher-Order Processes

Cognitive operations that involve complex thinking, such as reasoning, decision making, problem solving, and planning.

Sensorimotor Stage

The sensorimotor stage is the first of Jean Piaget's stages of cognitive development, where infants learn about the world primarily through their senses and motor actions.