research into effects of media influences on aggression

Question 1

ao3 limitation

Answer 1

p- experminental research limited as measures of aggression usually artificial

e- Taylor competitive reaction Time task, measures aggression by the volume of noise selected by participants as punishment which is an unrealistic measure

e- aggression measured in labs= unrealistic , dont involve retaliation, experiment er gives p permission to be safely aggressive

l- doubt on validity of experimental studies

Question 2

ao3 limitation

Answer 2

p- research suffers from publication bias

e- tendency for only statistically significant findings to be published

e- problem for meta analysis, usually only include published studies , mostly show a significant effect

l- publication bias may create a false look that effects of violent media are bigger than they actually are

Question 3

ao3 limtation

Answer 3

p- correlation research = limited =. can’t draw cause and effect conclusions

e- correlation research = no variable manipluated/controlled , no random allocation