Matching - Selection 2

Directions: Match the words or phrases on the left with the appropriate answers on the right. Select the correct letter in the space provided. Use each answer only once.

Reading Selection 2 Violence on Television and Film: Does the Media's Message Matter, by Robert S. Feldman
1 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) The author sees a __________ between violence in the media and a child's aggressive behavior. 2 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) The author hesitates to state that there is a direct __________relationship between violence in the media and a child's aggressive behavior. 3 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) Research on __________ shows that people can learn and imitate the aggression they observe. 4 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) __________ ask the question, "Does observation of violence and antisocial acts in the media lead viewers to behave in similar ways?" 5 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) The amount of __________in the mass media is enormous. 6 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) It cannot be proven that __________ as a child causes aggressive behavior in adults. 7 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) Research suggests that a significant association exists between watching violent television programs and displaying __________. 8 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) Watching media violence can lead to aggressiveness and to __________ of victims of violence. 9 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) Psychologists are working on ways to reduce aggression in frequent television viewers. One approach is to explicitly teach children that __________, that the viewing of violence is objectionable, and that they should refrain from imitating behavior on television. 10 A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) In classes about television violence, children learned that there are __________ in solving problems.			Answer choices for questions 1 through 10 A) cause-and-effect B) aggressive behavior C) violence D) television viewing E) television violence is not representative of the real world F) alternatives to violence G) correlation H) modeling I) social psychologists J) insensitivity to the suffering