Chapter 5 Discussed the Relationship Between the Violence of a TV

question 83

Multiple Choice

Chapter 5 discussed the relationship between the violence of a TV program and people's recall of commercials shown during that program. According to this research, people recall a commercial more accurately

• A) when the program is extremely violent.
• B) when the program is moderately violent.
• C) when the program is nonviolent.
• D) when the visual component of the program is nonviolent but the auditory component is moderately violent.

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