In the Laboratory Research Study by Bushman and Anderson, Participants

question 40

Multiple Choice

In the laboratory research study by Bushman and Anderson, participants played either violent or nonviolent video games, then filled out a questionnaire. Which of the following describes what they found?

• A) participants who played violent video games completed the questionnaires faster than participants who played non-violent video games
• B) participants who played violent video games reported less violence in the video games than participants who played non-violent video games
• C) participants who played violent video games
• D) participants who played violent video games were slower to help an individual in an adjacent room compared to participants who played non-violent video games
• E) participants who played violent video games did not help an individual in an adjacent room compared to participants who played non-violent video games

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Definitions:

Mutually Exclusive

Mutually exclusive refers to events in probability and statistics that cannot occur at the same time, indicating that the occurrence of one event necessarily excludes the occurrence of the other.

Collectively Exhaustive

A set of events is collectively exhaustive if at least one of the events must occur.

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, expressed on a scale from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Random Experiment

An experimental process that leads to well-defined but unpredictable outcomes.