Over 90 percent of the population shows left-hemisphere dominance for speech

Jim watches a heavy dose of violent TV cop shows. According to research by Margaret Hanratty Thomas and her colleagues (1977), what is one likely outcome of this behaviour?

A) Jim will be likely to try to join the police force. B) Jim will feel somewhat indifferent when he hears a violent argument between his neighbours. C) Jim will be less likely to recognize his own feelings of aggression. D) Jim will become more upset when he sees aggression that is not fictionalized. E) Jim will become more aware of his own violent behaviour and try to stop it.

When tested in a laboratory study, Reese identified the statement, "Cows make milk" as true faster than she did the statement "Cows breathe air." What does this likely indicate about the relationship between categories in her semantic network?

A) Cows and breathing air are closer together than milk and breathing air. B) Milk is a basic level category. C) Cows and milk are closer together than cows and breathing air. D) Animals that breathe is a basic level category.