According to research on social learning theory, when people are presented with aggressive models, what happens?
A)They experience catharsis.
B)They show a decrease in prosocial behaviours and an increase in aggressive feelings and behaviours.
C)They experience catharsis and show an increase in aggressive feelings and behaviours.
D)They experience catharsis, show a decrease in prosocial behaviours, and show an increase in aggressive feelings and behaviours.

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Research on social learning theory has found that when people are exposed to aggressive models, they tend to imitate the aggressive behaviours and can show a decrease in prosocial behaviours, as well as an increase in aggressive feelings and behaviours. There is no evidence to suggest that exposure to aggressive models leads to catharsis.

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