Media - influences on pro-social behaviour Flashcards
1
Q
Sprafkin - SLT
A
- children watched one of 3 films
- first film was Lassie; boy risked his life to save puppy
- second was episode of Lassie; positive messages about dogs
- third was family based situation comedy
- children took part in button pressing game where they could win prizes
- asked to press button if they heard puppy barking in distress; would stop the game and stop winning prizes
- children in group A chose to help the puppy more quickly and for longer periods of time; became sensitised to the puppy?
- lab experiment; lack ecological validity
- PSB observed and displayed was similar to hard to generalise to different contexts
2
Q
Ostrov - SLT
A
- assessed educational TV viewing in children by questioning their parents
- followed them over two years and measured pro-social behaviour by observation
- viewing educational media designed to demonstrate PSB was associated with a higher frequency of PSB
- children were more likely to imitate same sex models
- relied on parent testimony
- only shows association, not causality
3
Q
Shelton and Rogers - sensitisation
A
- showed participants video of industrial whaling
- enhanced empathy for whales
