Lindy is in an experiment playing a violent video game. On the way out of the lab, the person coming in bumps into her. How is Lindy likely to interpret this act?
a. As an accident; it was just a little bump
b. As a personal affront and react aggressively
c. As if the person who bumped into her needs assistance with balance
d. As a sexual come-on
Question 2Most adults are unable to remember life events that happened before the early age of about ____ years.
a. three
b. four
c. five
d. seven
Question 3Ginny caught her teenage daughter looking up information about STDs online. What should she tell her?
a. Information online is inaccurate and dangerous.
b. Nothing.
c. Online sites can be a great source of information, and she should feel free to talk to her (Ginny) or a doctor, too.
d. She is grounded from Internet access.
Question 4What kind of information is especially suitable to be organized in memory as scripts?
a. Fleeting sensory experiences
b. Familiar repeated action routines
c. Lists of words being studied with strategies
d. Explorations of new unfamiliar vacation sites
Question 5What does recent research report about the health benefits of computer use?
a. Increasing computer use is the cause of increased obesity in the U.S.
b. Adolescents often use the Internet as a health information source, especially about sexual matters and sexual risk.
c. Computer game playing diverts children from schoolwork, exercise, and peer activities.
d. Most health information available online is inaccurate and dangerous.
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