Which Factor May Account for the Relation Between Children Observing

question 121

Multiple Choice

Which factor may account for the relation between children observing violence in the media and their later likelihood of showing aggression?

• A) The children learn how to be aggressive. Without media they would not know how to be aggressive.
• B) Media reinforce the children's own biological tendency toward aggression.
• C) Individuals who engage in violence in the media are typically rewarded, and thus the observing children are also vicariously reinforced.
• D) There is no relation between observing violence in the media and the later likelihood of showing aggression.

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