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Video Game Researcher

A psychological researcher wants to understand the relationship between playing violent video games and aggressive behavior, so he designs a study in which he finds out how much time children in a local school spend playing violent video games each week and then watches their interactions on the playground during recess. He has a particular interest in studying which regions of the brain play a role in this relationship, so he later obtains consent from some of the student's parents to bring them to a lab for neuroimaging.

Part A, B, C: Explain how the researcher could use the following research methods to study this relationship.

Part D,E,F,G: Explain how the terms may play a role in what the researcher finds.

Question 1

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How could the researcher use survey to study this relationship?

Question 2

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How could the researcher use longitudinal study to study this relationship?

Question 3

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How could the researcher use naturalistic observation to study this relationship?

Question 4

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How could observational learning play a role in what the researcher finds?

Question 5

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How could a representative sample play a role in what the researcher finds?

Question 6

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How might operational definitions play a role in this research?

Question 7

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How could a functional MRI play a role in this research?

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