Deck 25: Do the Media Influence Social Behavior

Question 1

Research on the effects of video games has found that there is a _____ relationship between playing violent games and the frequency of arguments with teachers.

A)positive
B)slightly negative
C)neutral
D)significantly negative

Answer 1

positive

Question 2

Which of the following is one of the five consistent effects found to be associated with video games?

A)increased interest in drugs and alcohol
B)increased aggressive thinking
C)increased aggressive feelings
D)decreased prosocial behaviors.

Answer 2

increased interest in drugs and alcohol

Question 3

Vincent believes that watching violent movies regularly gives people an opportunity to pour vent their anger.Vincent's belief is most likely consistent with the _____ hypothesis.

A)sensitization
B)catharsis
C)frustration-aggression
D)social learning

Answer 3

catharsis

Question 4

According to Gentile and Anderson,playing violent games might have a more toxic effect than watching violent television because

A)the players are passive.
B)television appears more "real."
C)players are rewarded for violent acts.
D)television violence fails to desensitize players.

Question 5

In studies on violence,Eron and Huesmann (1980; 1985)found that 8-year-olds who watched the most violence were

A)unlikely to finish high school.
B)more likely to get a divorce.
C)more likely to be convicted of a crime.
D)more likely to commit child abuse.

Question 6

As part of therapy,a clinical psychologist encourages her patients to install a punching bag in their homes to release hostility.The therapist apparently believes in

A)the social learning theory.
B)Parkinson's second law.
C)the catharsis hypothesis.
D)the adaptation-level phenomenon.

Question 7

The _____ view of aggression is that the aggressive drive is reduced when one "releases" aggressive energy.

A)social learning
B)pornographic
C)cathartic
D)pain response

Question 8

According to Anderson et al.(2010),playing violent video games increased aggression

A)in men only.
B)only those living in individualistic cultures.
C)in correlational studies but not experimental studies.
D)in children,adolescents,and young adults.

Question 9

Lambert et al.(2011)asked college students to abstain from some activity for a month and then measured the change in their aggressive behaviors.He found that those who gave up _____ showed a decrease in aggression.

A)their favorite food
B)pornography
C)violent video games
D)violent television

Question 10

Repeated exposure to fictional scenes of a man overpowering and arousing a woman

A)created a catharsis experience for men.
B)distorted people's perceptions of how women actually respond to sexual coercion.
C)decreased men's aggression against women.
D)created a climate of fear in women.

Question 11

What changes most likely occur in people after they play a violent video game?

A)They begin to show more sympathy and affection toward their partners.
B)They become highly sensitive to violence.
C)They see others as less human.
D)They experience a decrease in emotional arousal.

Question 12

Positive,constructive,and helpful social behavior is what psychologists refer to as

A)prosocial behavior.
B)excitation transfer.
C)instrumental behavior.
D)social facilitation.

Question 13

Playing games in which people help each other has resulted in

A)no differences in behavior.
B)increased aggression in the players.
C)an increase in prosocial behaviors.
D)positive changes in behavior in collectivist cultures only.

Question 14

According to the text,one reason that television viewing affects behavior is that it

A)evokes imitation.
B)lowers arousal.
C)has a catharsis effect.
D)distracts from other activities.

Question 15

Adam frequently plays violent video games.Social psychologists would predict that Adam would be most likely to

A)watch television for long periods of time.
B)access pornography.
C)get into fights.
D)avoid interacting with his peers and friends.

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true?

A)The presence of guns in the home does not affect levels of violence.
B)In the Bobo doll experiments conducted by Bandura,watching the adult pound the doll on television had the same effect as watching it live.
C)Violent video games do not have the same effect as violence on television.
D)There is no relationship between the introduction of television into a community and murder rates.

Question 17

According to Gentile and Anderson (2003),"The scientific debate over whether media violence has an effect _____."

A)has just begun
B)is an up-and-coming topic of inquiry
C)is basically over
D)is debatable

Question 18

Which of the following has been found to be an effect of sexual violence in movies and television shows?

A)Women are more likely to believe rape is a serious crime.
B)Men have become more accepting of violence against women.
C)Women have become more aggressive toward other women.
D)Viewers are less accepting of violence against women.

Question 19

American youth who frequently go to violent websites were _____ likely to report engaging in violent behavior.

A)5 times more
B)5 times less
C)10 times more
D)10 times less