What is the main problem in interpreting longitudinal studies of the effects of media violence?
a. Teasing apart whether media violence causes aggression or whether aggressive people are drawn to media violence.
b. Separating studies of television violence from those of violent video games.
c. Identifying which children are more vulnerable to television violence.
d. Finding out if children who play video games will also prefer violent pornography.
Question 2
What do experimental studies of media violence tend to find?
a. Watching violent films has little effect on aggressive behavior.
b. Playing violent video games has a stronger effect than watching violent shows.
c. Playing violent video games makes children feel better and less angry.
d. Children get used to media violence quickly, so it doesn't affect them.
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Survivorship curves. Blue lines are theoretical curves. Red dots are data from field studies.