Read the real world example below from the Daily Beast and answer the questions that follow.

Watching 'Real Housewives' Makes You Violent. At least, that's the claim in the headline from the Daily I Read the real world example below from the Daily Beast and answer the questions that follow.

Watching 'Real Housewives' Makes You Violent. At least, that's the claim in the headline from the Daily Beast. imagine that most of us feel squeamish after watching episodes of trashy television. But can it really make us violent? Fortunately, psychological researchers are able to test such a claim, and they recently did so. Here's how one journalist explained the study:

127 college students watched Real Housewives and Jersey Shore to ascertain the effects of verbal aggression on-screen, Little People, Big World and The Little Couple to see supportive relationships, and Dexter and CSI to gauge the impact of physically hostile shows.

Half of the study's participants then received an ego threat (a threat to a person's self image) while the other half did not....and aggressive behavior was then quantified using "the intensity and duration of noise administered to an ostensible opponent on a competitive reaction time task."

This is a fairly clear description of the method. In describing the results, the journalist should have mentioned that the results of the study showed that overall, people who received an ego threat were more aggressive than those who did not receive one. What about the effects of the different TV shows? The journalist reports:

... those who had been dabbling in the dark arts of the Shore's GTL crew had the most aggressive reactions, casting our viewing habits into an entirely new light.

...The study also showed that those who watched violent crime dramas weren't exactly sweetness and light afterward: such shows also provoked a more aggressive response from participants than the family-centered programs did, refreshing enduring fears about the impact of screen crime on real lives.

1. What kind of claim is it to say, "Watching 'Real Housewives' Makes You Violent?" (Hint: Does the study appear to be an experiment or a correlational study?) Please explain your answer.

2. What are the variables in this study? For each variable, indicate whether it is an IV orDV (or can't you tell?).

3. How accurately does the headline depict the results of the research study? Write a "good title" that could be submitted for publication.

4. If you were a member of a research governing body at your institution, would you approve this research? Support your decision.