Suppose That People Who Watch a Lot of Violence on TV

question 274

Multiple Choice

Suppose that people who watch a lot of violence on TV are also particularly likely to behave aggressively. This relationship would NOT necessarily indicate that watching violence influences aggressive behavior because

• A) random sequences often don't look random.
• B) association does not prove causation.
• C) sampling extreme cases leads to false generalizations.
• D) events often seem more probable in hindsight.

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