The notion that the child becomes toughened by cumulative exposure to televised violence, becoming more tolerant of violence in general, is called

a. sociometric inclusion.
b. the desensitization hypothesis.
c. social problem-solving training.
d. the counterterrorism theory of mind.

B

Psychology

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The desire to engage in an activity because we enjoy it or find it interesting, not because of external rewards or pressures.

A. relational B. self handicapping C. intrinsic motivation D. extrinsic motivation

Psychology

The text's illustration of the police officer's faulty "eyewitness" identification is an example of

a. the fact that perceptions are often reconstructions of events. b. the low degree of accuracy of human psi phenomena. c. perceptual closure operating in a real life situation. d. an "innocence of vision" in stressful situations.

Psychology