media influences on anti-social behaviour.

Question 1

who suggested five ways that exposure to media violence might lead to aggression ?

Answer 1

Huesmann and Moise

Question 2

what is observational learning ?

Answer 2

Antisocial behaviour stands out on television, therefore, children take more notice of such
behaviour, making children more likely to learn and imitate it

Question 3

what is cognitive priming ?

Answer 3

Activation of existing aggressive thoughts and feelings. Specifically, frequent exposure to scenes of violence may lead children to store scripts for antisocial behaviour in
their memory

Question 4

what is desensitisation ?

Answer 4

People typically experience anxiety when thinking about engaging in antisocial behaviour and this
anxiety inhibits such behaviour.
media violence represents violent behaviour as ‘normal’

Question 5

what is lowered physiological arousal ?

Answer 5

heavy TV violence viewers - lower arousal levels to scenes of violence.
dont react in normal way to violence and less inhibited about using it.

Question 6

what is justification.

Answer 6

violent TV may justify what is acceptable behaviour.

unpunished TV violence decreases concerns about own behaviour.

Question 7

support for observational learning ?

Answer 7

Badura - bobo doll.

Question 8

support for cognitive priming ?

Answer 8

Josephson - hockey players where deliberately frustrated
where shows two videos
-angry people = those who watched the angry video.

Question 9

evaluation ?

Answer 9

• gender bias - most research has concentrated on males and pay little focus on females. (boyle)
• demand characteristics in Bandura’s experiments also ethical issues.