MEDIA INF OF AGG - DESENS, DISINH AND COG PRIM Flashcards

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define desensitisation

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repeated exposure to violence means lowered levels of physio/psych arousal associated with anxiety making agg more likely

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according to desensitisation, violent action leads to what?

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physiological arousal with sympathetic nervous system e.g. increased heart rate, breathing rate

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if children are exposed to aggression repeatedly, they become _________ to the effects

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habituated

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4
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desensitisation is when the stimulus has a ________ impact with…

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diminished impact with low anxiety and physiological arousal

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who studied desensitisation and attitudes to vio after it?

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Funk et al 2004

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what 2 things did Funk et al find for desensitisation?

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  1. those who exp desens adopt belief that agg is socially acceptable
  2. attitudes to vio become weaker, decreased empathy where injuries are minimised and dismissed
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who conducted research to for densitisation?

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Weisz and Earls

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what did Weisz and Earls do?

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2 groups, one watch straw dogs with rape scene, other watch non vio film
Both then watch rape trial re-enactment

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what were the findings of Weisz and Earls research?

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for men in the Straw Dogs group, they were more likely to adopt rape myths, not sympathize with the victim and back defendant in comp to other group

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the findings of Weisz and Earls experiment were not seen in….

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women

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according to disinhibition, violent is usually seen as what?

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anti-social and harmful

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what 2 types of inhibition are learned and how are they learnt?

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social and psychological inhibitions e.g. guilt or pressure to conform are learn directly and indirectly through SLT

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exposure to violent media means that…

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inhibitions are loosened and aggression is seen as normative and justified

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a good example of disinhibition can be…

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violent video games and how they rarely punish aggression and the consequences of it become ignored leading to a new social norm

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cognitive priming is…

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when the repeated viewing of agg media leads to script of how vio situation plays out

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who said that scripts are stored in our memory and that we are primed to be aggressive?

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Huesmann

17
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Huesmann said what?

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that scripts are stored in our memory and that we are primed to be aggressive

18
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cognitive priming scripts are…

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automatic, and they direct behaviour without us being aware

19
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scripts and cognitive priming are triggered by what?

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cues

20
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what conducted research to cognitive priming?

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Greitemeyer

21
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what did Greitmeyer do?

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studied priming agg scripts through song lyrics

22
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who did Greitmeyer study?

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men who listened to derogatory lyrics about women in comp to those who listened to neutral lyrics