Media Influences Flashcards
cognitive priming proposes that the influence of aggression in the media provided individuals with…
scripts for their responses and behaviour when perceiving environmental stimulus as aggressive
is a priming effect of media images on…
previously learnt behaviours or cognitive schema
priming effect can activate…
memories
priming effect makes aggression more…
likely
Violent computer games may increase the likelihood of aggression in players who have…
learned aggressive responses in the past and/or who hold aggressive schema
Desensitisation theory proposes that…
with continual exposure to a stimulus our responses to that stimulus are decreased
if aggression is presented to us on a daily basis…
there is reduction in our response to the aggression
sympathetic nervous system switches on in response to…
witnessing aggression
the fight or flight response was adaptive to…
ancestors and helped keep them alive.
desensitisation provides an adaptive response to…
the environment
Disinhibition theory proposes that…
our normal restraints are loosened after exposure to media violence
aggressive behaviour is learnt through…
social learning theory (Bandura)
disinhibition is more powerful if…
violence is rewarded
the general aggression model suggests…
if we live in a violent environment we will adapt to it in order to survive
what evidence is there to support general aggression model?
Anderson et al
video game violence exposure is related to increases in aggressive affect, cognition, and behaviour
