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) we most readily notice associations that confirm our beliefs.
B) association does not prove causation.
C) sampling extreme cases leads to false generalizations.
D) the sample may have been randomly selected.

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The fact that there is an association between watching violence and behaving aggressively does not necessarily prove that watching violence causes aggressive behavior. There may be other factors at play, such as preexisting aggression, that lead people both to seek out violent content and to behave aggressively. Therefore, a causal relationship cannot be assumed based on this association alone.

Suppose That People Who Watch a Lot of Violence on TV