PSY310H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Cultivation Theory
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Here i provide some sample short answer questions. Point form as long as the key components are there. Point values are bracketed (e. g. [10]) and answers are italicized. Describe how each theory explains the aforementioned statement [7]. Watching violent television shapes adolescents" views (or interests or motives or beliefs) [1] thus increasing (or causing) aggressive behaviour [1] Uses and gratification approach [1: description: Adolescents who are aggressive (or who like violent television) [1] choose to watch violent television [1] There is a reciprocal relation between watching violent television and aggressive behaviour (or that watching violent television influences aggressive behaviour and that aggressive adolescents chose to watch violent television) [1] Discuss the efficacy of the different efforts used to prevent substance use and abuse in adolescence [6]. This indicates that the question refers to the list of risk factors identified in lecture and text as the general ones.
