MMP101-Final Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
_____ is especially common in soap operas and nighttime
dramas like Scandal. It occurs when a married person engages
in sexual activity with someone other than his or her spouse.
A) Premarital sex
B) Extramarital sex
C) Serious sex
D) Casual sex - ✔✔B
_______ occurs when some event follows a response and
increases the likelihood of that response occurring again.
A) Reinforcement
B) Perceived reality
C) Sensitization
D) Desensitization - ✔✔A
_______ tends to be negatively associated with a preference
for violent media.
,A) Sensation seeking
B) Hostility
C) Psychoticism
D) Empathy - ✔✔D
________ argument says that consuming media sex relieves
sexual urges, with the erotic film as a sort of imperfect
substitute for the real thing.
A) Reinforcement of sex
B) Premarital sex
C) Sexual arousal
D) Catharsis - ✔✔D
________ is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexual words,
images online or videos between mobile phones, of oneself to
others.
A) Socialization of adolescent behavior
B) Catharsis
C) Sexting
,D) Positive socialization effects - ✔✔C
_________ are especially powerful in understanding the real-
world effects of media violence.
A) Bobo doll studies
B) Longitudinal studies
C) Cohort studies
D) Cross-sectional studies - ✔✔B
_________ is a sort of reverse modeling effect, whereby
viewers react so strongly to seeing violence and have such a
traumatized perceived reality.
A) Disinhibition
B) Sensitization
C) Desensitization
D) Cultivation - ✔✔B
_________ is thus treated fairly conservatively in regard to
teens and very permissively in regard to adults.
, A) Premarital sex
B) Extramarital sex
C) Serious sex
D) Comedic sex - ✔✔A
_________ would predict that a girl who is angry at her sister
and then watches a violent cartoon would be less likely to
actually hurt her sister than if she hadn't watched the cartoon.
A) Catharsis
B) Sensitization
C) Desensitization
D) Cultivation - ✔✔A
__________ may occur through the teaching of more
accepting attitudes toward violent behavior.
A) Disinhibition
B) Sensitization
C) Desensitization
_____ is especially common in soap operas and nighttime
dramas like Scandal. It occurs when a married person engages
in sexual activity with someone other than his or her spouse.
A) Premarital sex
B) Extramarital sex
C) Serious sex
D) Casual sex - ✔✔B
_______ occurs when some event follows a response and
increases the likelihood of that response occurring again.
A) Reinforcement
B) Perceived reality
C) Sensitization
D) Desensitization - ✔✔A
_______ tends to be negatively associated with a preference
for violent media.
,A) Sensation seeking
B) Hostility
C) Psychoticism
D) Empathy - ✔✔D
________ argument says that consuming media sex relieves
sexual urges, with the erotic film as a sort of imperfect
substitute for the real thing.
A) Reinforcement of sex
B) Premarital sex
C) Sexual arousal
D) Catharsis - ✔✔D
________ is sending, receiving, or forwarding sexual words,
images online or videos between mobile phones, of oneself to
others.
A) Socialization of adolescent behavior
B) Catharsis
C) Sexting
,D) Positive socialization effects - ✔✔C
_________ are especially powerful in understanding the real-
world effects of media violence.
A) Bobo doll studies
B) Longitudinal studies
C) Cohort studies
D) Cross-sectional studies - ✔✔B
_________ is a sort of reverse modeling effect, whereby
viewers react so strongly to seeing violence and have such a
traumatized perceived reality.
A) Disinhibition
B) Sensitization
C) Desensitization
D) Cultivation - ✔✔B
_________ is thus treated fairly conservatively in regard to
teens and very permissively in regard to adults.
, A) Premarital sex
B) Extramarital sex
C) Serious sex
D) Comedic sex - ✔✔A
_________ would predict that a girl who is angry at her sister
and then watches a violent cartoon would be less likely to
actually hurt her sister than if she hadn't watched the cartoon.
A) Catharsis
B) Sensitization
C) Desensitization
D) Cultivation - ✔✔A
__________ may occur through the teaching of more
accepting attitudes toward violent behavior.
A) Disinhibition
B) Sensitization
C) Desensitization
