Which of the following is the BEST EVIDENCE that watching violence on
television increases aggression in children?
A psychoanalytic psychologist argues that, according to Freudian theory, television
violence activates the aggressive instinct in the id.
A social learning psychologist argues that watching television violence will lead
children to imitate or model the aggressive behavior they see.
Children who were randomly assigned to watch a violent television show averaged
more aggressive incidents in a free play period than children in a control group.
A survey of teachers indicated that 77% of the teachers believed that watching more
violent television programs increased the average level of aggression in children.