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

Question 1

what are four eval points for media inf on agg : desens, disinhibit and cog prim

Answer 1

+ research support for desens [ krahe et al ]
+ research support for disinhibt [ berkowitz and alioto ]
+ practical application for cog prim [ bushman and anderson ]
- alt exp for desens [ krahe et al ]

Question 2

the is research support for…

Answer 2

desens and desinhib

Question 3

who conducted research for desens?

Answer 3

krahe et al

Question 4

what did krahe et al do to support desens?

Answer 4

showed ppts vio and nonvio film clips measuring arousal through skin conductance (sweat measure)

Question 5

what were the findings of krahe et al’s study to support densens?

Answer 5

habitual viewers of vio media had lower levels of arousal in vio film clips
higher levels of pleasant arousal, lower levels of anxious arousal
lower arousal correlated w/ unprovoked (proactive) agg in noise blast task

Question 6

what do the findings of krahe et al’s study confirm?

Answer 6

confirm hypothesis that desens leads to lower arousal during vio media
noise blast tasks shows increased willingness to be agg

Question 7

what does krahe et al’s study ncrease?

Answer 7

the internal validity of desens

Question 8

how can krahe et al support of desens be counteracted?

Answer 8

noise blast task not accurate measure of agg
laboratory could’ve led to anxious arousal
doesn’t explain reactive agg

Question 9

who conducted research to support disinhib?

Answer 9

berkowitz and alioto

Question 10

what did berkowitz and alioto do?

Answer 10

ppts watched film where agg used as vengeance
gave more (fake) electric shocks for a longer duration

Question 11

what does berkowitz and alioto’s findings show?

Answer 11

show that vio media disinhibits agg behaviour

Question 12

why did the film that berkowitz and alioto’s ppts watched lead to increased agg?

Answer 12

because vengeance is powerful justification for vio, seen as more socially acceptable

Question 13

berkowitz and alito’s research increases…

Answer 13

credibility of disinhib as shows link between removal of social constraints and agg behaviour for justified agg

Question 14

there is important _______ ___ for cog prim

Answer 14

practical app

Question 15

there are life saving benefits to undertsanding the influence of cog prim on agg situation e.g….

Answer 15

how ppts interpret environmental cues

Question 16

what did Bushman and Anderson state about cog prim?

Answer 16

those who habitually watch vio media more readily store an aggressive script

Question 17

through understanding cog rpim, what can occur?

Answer 17

effective interventions to reduce agg behaviour by challenging hostile cog biases

Question 18

interventions due to cog prim can also encourage what?

Answer 18

habitual violent media users to consider alt to agg such as humour and negotiation

Question 19

however, there is an ___ ___ for desens

Answer 19

alt exp

Question 20

who created the alt exp for desens?

Answer 20

krahe et al

Question 21

what did krahe et al fail to find a link between?

Answer 21

media viewing, lower arousal and provoked (reactive) agg

Question 22

what does failure to find a link between media viewing, lower arousal and agg suggest?

Answer 22

desens doesn’t explain impact of vio media exposure for all forms of agg behaviour

Question 23

what did krahe et al propose as an alt exp for desens?

Answer 23

catharsis, a psychodynamic concept
violence is used as a safety valve, people can release aggression without behaving violently e.g, playing gta instead of committing it

Question 24

the alt exp of catharsis proposed by krahe et al…

Answer 24

challenges relevance of desens and if it leads to agg behaviour, question internal validity of it