⭐️ media influences - effects of computer games✅

Question 1

what are 4 methods of studying media in psychology?

Answer 1

1️⃣ longitudinal
2️⃣ experimental
3️⃣ correlational
4️⃣ meta-analysis

Question 2

1️⃣longitudinal studies:

what is it?

what did Robertson want to find out?

who did he study?

what did they find? what do researchers argue?

Answer 2

• investigating behav. over a long period of time
• if theres a link between excessive tv watching in child hood and agg. in AH
• around 1000 new zealenders measuring their tv hours at intervals up to the age of 26
• those who watched themes were more likely to be diagnosed with anti social personality disorder, showing it is the amount you watch, not the content.

Question 3

2️⃣experimental studies:

what are they?

who looked into this and what did they do?

• what task did they carry out?
• what did they find?

Answer 3

• lab based experiments, looking at short term effects
• BARTHOLOW + ANDERSON made ppts play a violent or non violent game for 10 min.
• the Taylor Competitive Reaction Time Task (TCRTT) Where students delivered white noise at chosen volunteers to punish the opponent
• those who played the violet game selected higher noise levels

Question 4

3️⃣correlational studies:

what is it?

who looked into this and what did they study?

findings?

what did researchers say?

Answer 4

• looking at associations bet. 2 variables & short term effects
• DeLisi studied 227 juvinelle with history of agg. behav.
  they used structured interviews and gathered data on violent computer game playing.
• correlation between agg and how often they played violent games and enjoyed them
• they argue the link is so well established that agg should be conserved a public computer game violence playing a key role

Question 5

4️⃣ meta analysis:

what is it?

who looked into it? what did they do?

what did they find?

what do researchers claim the effect is greater then?

what has this analysis shown?

Answer 5

• combining other findings of research to conclude something
• ANDERSON done a MA on these 3 studies (C,E,L)
• found exposure to violent computer games increased agg., among men and women from both ind. and collectivist cultures
• effect of violent games is more then the effect of second hand smoke on cancer
• no indication of publication bias to influence results (realising only statistically significant findings)

Question 6

ao3:

✅ strength?

❌ list 2 weaknesses

Answer 6

✅ supported by the SLT (bobo doll) makes sense that TV and video games is used as a form of social learning, when children see violence as rewarded on screen Thye will do it too (vicarious reinforcement)

❌ lack of mundane realism - use of artificial tasks, real world agg has not increased along with the popularity of violent video games

❌ in the longitiunal studies, theres a lack of control over other extrenuous variables such as people pulling out

Question 7

how is aggression reinforced through commuter games?

Answer 7

player is rewarded and praised for protesting aggressive behav. … may be reduced by catharsis

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