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6. Who found a positive correlation between viewing violent TV as a child and adult aggression (as reported by a friend)?

  • Cumberbatch (2000)
  • Huesmann (03)
  • Phillips (83)
  • Heymann (89)

7. The Excitation-Transfer Theory proposes that...

  • Viewing violent media makes people less excited
  • Viewing violent media leads to desensitisation
  • Viewing violent media increases arousal
  • Viewing violent media reduces arousal

8. Which explanation of media influence on anti social behaviour states that viewing violent TV activates aggressive thoughts and memories which lead to us storing scripts of violent acts which act as a guide of how to behave?

  • Cognitive priming
  • Thought manipulation
  • Justification
  • Hostile reasoning

9. In Petty, Cacioppo and Goldman's study (81), persuasion for ppts using central route depended on...

  • Quality of argument
  • Memorableness of argument
  • Source of argument
  • Medium of argument

10. Who found in Japanese students that pro-social game playing relates to pro-social behaviour in the long term (4 month period)?

  • Gentile (09)
  • Ihori et al (03)
  • Sims and Mayer (02)
  • Karni and Sagi (03)

11. Which model states that people who have aggressive temperaments preferentially select violent video games?

  • Bi-directional model
  • General aggression model
  • General learning model
  • Byron model

12. The General Aggression Model states that playing violent video games makes you more violent through influencing four factors. Which factor is not included in this model?

  • Biochemistry
  • Arousal
  • Affects
  • Cognitions

13. Weber (06) found that...

  • The amygdala and ACC (responsible for emotional regulation) were less active in gamers according to fMRI scans
  • Children with high exposure to violent game play became more aggressive and showed less pro-social behaviour over the course of a school year compared to their peers
  • We have hostile expectancy biases - people expect others to react in a more hostile way if they've just played violent video games
  • Time spent playing violent video games was positively correlated with aggressive feelings and behaviour even for those with lower levels of trait hostility

14. Harris (99) looked at the effects of computer playing on children and adolescents and found...

  • Increases in relaxation, coordination and self esteem but also aggression, introversion and addiction
  • A greater number or positive effects than negative
  • Short term increases in arousal and hostile feelings after playing a violent video game
  • That Tetris improves spatial and cognitive skills

15. The ELM explains attitude change via two routes, what are they?

  • Main and Minor
  • Principal and Peripheral
  • Central and Outer
  • Central and Peripheral
  • Permanent and Temporary

16. Mares (96) examined research on the relationship between TV and prosocial behaviour and discovered four types. Which of these is not one of them?

  • Self-control
  • Selflessness
  • Altruism
  • Anti-stereotyping

17. Whose research suggested that computer and video gaming might have physical benefits (through increased exercise e.g. active bowling on the Wii)?

  • Mellecker
  • Weber
  • Gentile and Anderson
  • Anderson and Bushman

18. Which explanation of media influence on pro-social behaviour states that pro-social acts are likely to represent established social norms and are therefore more likely to be imitated

  • Cognitive priming
  • Social norms
  • Social modelling
  • General Learning Model

19. Which explanation of media influence on anti-social behaviour does Bandura's Social Learning Theory relate to principally?

  • Desensitisation
  • Imitation
  • Cognitive Priming
  • Arousal

20. What did Meyerowitz and Chaiken (87) find?

  • Message highlighting just the basic facts about a breast examination was the most persuasive
  • Fear-instilling messages are the least persuasive
  • Message emphasising loss in regard to failure to get a breast examination was the most persuasive
  • Message emphasising gain in regard to getting a breast examination was the most persuasive