A researcher has children watch 30 minutes of violent television, and then counts the number of times they hit each other afterward in a one-hour play period as a measure of aggression. The researcher causes aggression, however this conclusion may be invalid because:

Related Mcqs:

1. Aggression and violent conduct can best predicted by:

   A. Antisocial behavior
   B. History of mental illness
   C. Family criminality
   D. A and C

2. Aggression and violent conduct can be best predicted by:

   A. Antisocial behavior
   B. History of mental illness
   C. Family criminality
   D. A and C

3. Who said “aggression is the most prominent in one well-known view, frustration is necessary and sufficient condition for all aggression”.

   A. Maslow
   B. Miller
   C. Lewin
   D. None of these

4. After spending an exciting day running around at Lasertron, Jared decides to stay home and watch television rather than going out dancing. Jared’s decision to stay home is most consistent with the ______theory of motivation.

   A. Instinct
   B. evolutionary
   C. arousal
   D. need

5. Santa Claus stops by your house to drop off presents and is feeling very hungry. He sees two cookies on the mantle and quickly devours them. Afterward, he no longer feels a need to eat. What theory of motivation best describes this situation?

   A. Instinct
   B. Evolutionary
   C. Drive reduction
   D. Incentive

6. When Armen first head the hit song “Gotta Love It” he wasn’t at all sure he liked it. The more often he heard it played, however, the more he enjoyed it. Armen’s reaction illustrates:

   A. social facilitation
   B. the bystander effect
   C. the foot- in- the- door phenomenon
   D. the mere exposure effect

7. After studying artists who would spend hour after hour painting or sculpting with enormous concentration, Csikszentmihalyi formulated the concept of:

   A. flow
   B. strengths-based selection
   C. transformation leadership
   D. achievement motivation

8. After studying artists who would spend hour after hour painting or sculpting with enormous concentration, the Csikszentmihalyi formulated the concept of:

   A. flow
   B. strengths-based selection
   C. transformation leadership
   D. achievement motivation

9. You have practice for weeks to perform in the fall play at school. In practice on occasion you have messed up your lines or forgotten a movement, however on the evening of the performance you are flawless. Which of the following phenomena did you likely experience?

   A. social loafing
   B. self- serving bias
   C. social facilitation
   D. deindividuation

10. A researcher sits besides a playground, carefully observing a small group of children. The method being utilized is ___________?

    A. field study
    B. case history
    C. survey
    D. life history