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Study Questions Number 16 |
Date: 11-2-04 Psychology/Criminal Justice 317 Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D. |
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| 1. | Why did Moeller turn to "an examination of some variables that might mediate" the relationship between viewing of television violence and aggressive behavior? (141) | ||
| 2. | What are the mediating variables (relationship between viewing of television violence and aggressive behavior) that Moeller reviews? (141-146) | ||
| 3. | In the chapter on television violence and aggressive behavior, what is the selective exposure hypothesis? Does evidence support the selective exposure hypothesis ? (141-142) | ||
| 4. | Explain what Moeller means by the possibility that some aspect of the child's personality might interact with violence on television to produce the child's aggressive behavior? (142) | ||
| 5. | In the section on child characteristics, how is it that children might be at "double risk" for the effects of television violence? Explain. (142) | ||
| 6. | In what three ways might heavy television viewing in general increase children's aggression? (143) | ||
| 7. | What parenting practices are associated with the development of hyperaggressive children? (144) | ||
| 8. | How are the negative effects of television viewing attenuated by parental mediation? (144) | ||
| 9. | How might IQ and socioeconomic status (SES) mediate the relationship between television viewing and aggressive behavior? (145-146) | ||
| 10. | Name and describe the six (6) theoretical explanations for television causing an increasing in aggressive behavior. (146-147). | ||
| 11. | Explain how the learning class of theories explains the effects of television on aggressive behavior. (147-148) | ||
| 12. | Explain how the motivation class of theories explains the effects of television on aggressive behavior. (148) | ||
| 13. | Explain how the emotions class of theories explains the effects of television on aggressive behavior. (148-149) | ||