Aggression: Media Influences- AO3

Question 1

What point can be made about methodological issues?

Answer 1

A limitation of the influence of the media as an explanation for aggressive behaviour is that there are methodological issues with the empirical data.

Question 2

How do experimental studies contribute to the limitations of media influence on aggression?

Answer 2

Experimental studies often operationalise aggression in ways lacking mundane realism, such as delivering a loud noise, and lack ecological validity because the consequences of aggression are not equivalent to real life.

Question 3

What is a limitation of correlational studies in understanding media influence on aggression?

Answer 3

Correlational studies cannot establish directionality of causality and could be interpreted as people who are aggressive using aggressive media, rather than media causing aggression.

Question 4

What vulnerability do longitudinal studies face in investigating media influence on aggression?

Answer 4

Longitudinal studies are vulnerable to confounding effects that may occur as the study progresses, potentially influencing the relationship between media exposure and aggression.

Question 5

What issue do meta-analyses encounter in studying media influence on aggression?

Answer 5

Meta-analyses are vulnerable to file-drawer problems of unpublished negative findings, which can distort the overall understanding of the relationship between media exposure and aggression.

Question 6

What undermines the external validity of findings regarding media influence on aggression?

Answer 6

Methodological limitations, necessitated by ethical considerations, such as lack of mundane realism and ecological validity, undermine the external validity of the findings.

Question 7

What provides some mitigation of the methodological concerns regarding media influence on aggression?

Answer 7

The full range of studies demonstrating an association between media influences and aggression provides some mitigation of these concerns.

Question 8

How should the interpretation of findings regarding media influence on aggression be approached?

Answer 8

Findings should be treated cautiously and not over-generalised, considering the practical constraints that make it difficult to conclude the extent to which the media influences aggression.

Question 9

What is an example of an experimental study in aggression?

Answer 9

Bartholow & Anderson (2002)

Question 10

What is an example of a correlational study in aggression?

Answer 10

DeLisi et al (2013)

Question 11

What is an example of a longitudinal study in aggression?

Answer 11

Robertson et al (2013)