The observation that the preference for watching TV shows depicting violence is correlated −.86 with altruism suggests
A)TV violence causes altruistic behavior.
B)altruistic behavior causes a preference for TV violence.
C)increases in altruism are associated with decreases in preference for violent programs.
D)there is no relationship between TV preference and altruism.

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A correlation of −.86 indicates a strong negative relationship between two variables, meaning as one variable increases, the other decreases. In this case, as altruism increases, the preference for watching TV shows depicting violence decreases.

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