To examine the relationship between media violence and aggressive behavior, Lomez first measures the number of hours of violent television watched per week for a sample of boys. Ten years later, the same boys are contacted and asked to complete a questionnaire to measure their aggressiveness. Lomez's work is best described as a(n)

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Lomez's work is a prospective study because he is measuring the exposure to violent television at one point in time and then following up with the same participants ten years later to measure their aggressiveness. This allows for the examination of the relationship between exposure to media violence and subsequent aggressive behavior over time.

To Examine the Relationship Between Media Violence and Aggressive Behavior