Which of these studies on the relation between TV violence and aggressive
behavior cannot be criticized on the ground that it is either correlational, or that the
subjects were not representative of the general population?
(a) the study in the three Canadian towns with a diminished number of sports
activities as the number of channels went from 0 to 1 to 4
(b) the study by McIntyre and Teevan that showed the correlation between
viewing and violence in 2300 adolescents to be about .20
(c) the study conducted in the U.S., Finland, and Poland that correlated self-
reports with aggression
(d) Robinson and Bachman's study with extreme groups that found a 50%
difference in the number of fights
(e) none of the above
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