Peter watched a violent television show with his parents and discussed with them the issues presented in the program. Stephen watched the same television show by himself. Peter is likely to be
a. more aggressive than Stephen because his parents encouraged him to view the program.
b. less aggressive than Stephen because of the mere presence of other people during viewing.
c. less aggressive than Stephen because his parents told him that the behavior on the show is not representative of the way most people act.
d. more aggressive than Stephen because of the mere presence of other people during viewing.
Question 2
A preschooler who believes the word cow is a big word and the word caterpillar is a small word suggests that
a. he has dyslexia and is unable to read the two words.
b. he is underextending the meanings of the two words because he cannot read yet.
c. he lacks the metalinguistic awareness required to realize that the length of a word is not necessarily associated with the size of its referent.
d. preschoolers are not very good at comprehension monitoring.
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