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Causation and Television

Quiz covering theories and mechanisms of how television causes changes in human behavior, including violence, political beliefs, consumer behavior, health, environmental attitudes, and social behaviors

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television causes violence?

  1. The Cultivation Theory
  2. The Social Learning Theory
  3. The Catharsis Theory
  4. The Agenda-Setting Theory
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a mechanism by which television is thought to cause violence?

  1. Observational learning
  2. Imitation
  3. Desensitization
  4. Catharsis
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the study that found that children who watched more than two hours of television per day were more likely to be aggressive?

  1. The National Television Violence Study
  2. The Surgeon General's Report on Television and Violence
  3. The American Academy of Pediatrics Report on Television and Children
  4. The Kaiser Family Foundation Report on Television and Children
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a factor that has been found to moderate the effects of television violence on children?

  1. Parental mediation
  2. Child's temperament
  3. Child's age
  4. Child's gender
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television can cause people to believe that the world is more dangerous than it actually is?

  1. The Mean World Syndrome
  2. The Cultivation Theory
  3. The Social Learning Theory
  4. The Agenda-Setting Theory
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a way that television can contribute to the Mean World Syndrome?

  1. By showing more violence than actually exists in the real world
  2. By portraying the world as a more dangerous place than it actually is
  3. By making people more aware of the dangers that exist in the world
  4. By providing people with a sense of control over their environment
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television can influence people's political beliefs and attitudes?

  1. The Agenda-Setting Theory
  2. The Cultivation Theory
  3. The Social Learning Theory
  4. The Mean World Syndrome
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a way that television can influence people's political beliefs and attitudes?

  1. By telling people what to think
  2. By showing people what to think
  3. By making people more aware of political issues
  4. By providing people with a sense of control over their political environment
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television can influence people's consumer behavior?

  1. The Cultivation Theory
  2. The Social Learning Theory
  3. The Agenda-Setting Theory
  4. The Consumer Socialization Theory
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a way that television can influence people's consumer behavior?

  1. By showing people advertisements for products and services
  2. By making people more aware of the latest trends
  3. By providing people with information about products and services
  4. By making people more aware of the dangers of consumerism
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television can influence people's health behavior?

  1. The Health Belief Model
  2. The Social Cognitive Theory
  3. The Transtheoretical Model
  4. The Television Health Model
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a way that television can influence people's health behavior?

  1. By showing people advertisements for unhealthy products
  2. By making people more aware of the dangers of unhealthy behaviors
  3. By providing people with information about healthy behaviors
  4. By making people more aware of the benefits of healthy behaviors
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television can influence people's environmental behavior?

  1. The Environmental Belief Model
  2. The Social Cognitive Theory
  3. The Transtheoretical Model
  4. The Television Environmental Model
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a way that television can influence people's environmental behavior?

  1. By showing people advertisements for environmentally friendly products
  2. By making people more aware of the dangers of environmental degradation
  3. By providing people with information about environmentally friendly behaviors
  4. By making people more aware of the benefits of environmentally friendly behaviors
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the name of the theory that states that television can influence people's social behavior?

  1. The Social Learning Theory
  2. The Social Cognitive Theory
  3. The Transtheoretical Model
  4. The Television Social Model
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which of the following is NOT a way that television can influence people's social behavior?

  1. By showing people advertisements for products that are associated with social status
  2. By making people more aware of the dangers of antisocial behavior
  3. By providing people with information about prosocial behaviors
  4. By making people more aware of the benefits of prosocial behaviors
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