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Question 1

Cooper and Mackie (hypothesis )

Answer 1

They predicted that playing an aggressive video game compared to other types of games would lead to increased aggression in children.

Question 2

C&M (methods)

Answer 2

design-
laboratory experiment using independent measure design.
IV- was the type of game played or observed.
DV-measured aggression and levels after playing or observing the game.
SAMPLE-
-new Jersey USA, 84, 9-11-year-old (the week before were given a questionnaire to assess their experiment of video games.
Materials-
missile command,pac man, star wars, pen and maze game , building blocks.

Question 3

C&M(PROCDURE)

Answer 3

participants were randomly allocated in 3 conditions.
1)participants played or observed an aggressive video called missile command .different groups of children rated it highly aggressive in involving violence towards both people and objects and lots of shooting.
2) participants played or observed mon aggressive pac man .other children had given a low rating for violence .
3) Participants played and observed paper and pen games .conrtoled conditions.

Question 4

C&M ( conclusions)

Answer 4

Playing aggressive games had a bigger impact on the girls as they were more likely to choose much more aggressive games afterwards. Researchers suggested girls experience less violent games therefore they react with greater arousal than boys .thsi led them to. imitate what they witness as they saw it as disinhibition meaning socially accepted as they are already encouraged to play aggressive games.
some evidence supported the social learning theory.

Question 5

C&M (criticisms)

Answer 5

Cultural bias is only performed in the new jersey usa therefore can not be generalised.
age bias -only investigated a limited age range which does t represent all children yet all adults.
certain types of children would have been missing as would parents consent to take part or are they already very aggressive or would a parent with a passive and peaceful child be exposed to violence.
artificial setting leading to low levels of ecological validity- games will not be played under such srtict conditions.