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joe

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Research on the effects of aggressive stimuli shows that
 
  a. the mere presence of guns is enough to trigger aggressive behavior.
  b. the presence of guns increases the probability of aggressive behavior in the presence of a frustration or anger.
  c. people only aggress in the presence of an aggressive stimulus.
  d. aggressive behavior triggers an aversion to aggressive stimuli.

Question 2

Berkowitz and Le Page (1967) purposely angered the participants. Then they were left in a room with either a gun lying around or a badminton racket.
 
  Later, the participants were given the chance to administer electric shocks (not really) to a fellow college student. What was the independent variable of this research?
  a. degree of shocks given to the student
  b. participants' level of testosterone
  c. getting insulted by a confederate
  d. type of object in the room


Jossy

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D


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