- - Aggression                                                                                  1         The Effect of Viewing Television         Violence on Childhood Aggression                           Running Head: AGGRESSION                                                                                 Aggression                                                                                           2         Abstract There is a great deal of speculation on the effect television plays in childhood aggression. Two contrasting views regarding this issue are violent television increases aggressive behavior and violent television does not increase aggressive behavior. Later research demonstrates there may be other intervening variables causing aggression. These include IQ, social class, parental punishment, parental aggression, hereditary, environmental, and modeling. …showed first 75 words of 4205 total…

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