In their study, Anderson and Dill found that the physical aggression score was positively correlated with the amount of recently recorded video playing time. Based on these results, we know that ____
a. having an aggressive personality leads to spending more time playing violent video games
b. a third variable contributes to both physical aggression and continued violent video game play
c. playing violent video games leads to more physical aggression
d. both relationships are possible: An aggressive personality may lead to more video game time or playing violent video games may lead to more aggression
ANSWER:
d
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