The effect of video games and computers

Question 1

3 Studies of Neg effects of VIDEO GAMES?

Answer 1

1) Experimental Studies
2) Longitudinal Studies
3) Meta Analsysis

Question 2

What have Experimental Studies found regarding the negative effects of video games?

Answer 2

ST physiological arousal increases post violent game play compared to non violent

Question 3

What have longitudinal studies found regarding the negative effects of video games?

Answer 3

400 children 7-9 at 2 points in school year

High exposure to video games linked to more verbally/physically aggressive and less prosocial

Question 4

In longitudinal studies regarding the negative effects of video games?, who were the children rated by?

Answer 4

Themselves, peers and teachers

Question 5

What have meta analysis’s found regarding the negative effects of video games?

Answer 5

Consistent link

Question 6

Why might the findings of meta analysis regarding the negative effects of video games have shown such a consistent link?

Answer 6

Video games have become even more advanced in their violence

Question 7

What are 2 methodoloigcal flaws of regarding the negative effects of video games?

Answer 7

1) Must use artifical, contrived settings that may have no relationship to IRL aggression and can only measure ST effects
2) Longitudinal studies - confounding variables over this period

Question 8

What are 2 AO2 points for negative effects of video games?

Answer 8

1) Methodological Flaws

2) Lack of reliable casual link

Question 9

What did Gentile propose regarding the AO2 of negative effects of video games?

Answer 9

Bi-directional model

Question 10

What does Bi-Directional model state

Answer 10

• Violent game may increase AS

- Predisposition to violence through personality that orients people towards violent games

Question 11

What did Karpinski find (Computers and Neg Effects)

Answer 11

US University, Students using FB everyday might underachieve by as much as a whole grade

Question 12

Studying for FB users VS Non FB users

Answer 12

11-15 hours weekly vs 1-5

Question 13

Computers Neg Effects - FB use and anxiety?

Answer 13

12% suffered anxiety

Deleting contacts, pressure to be humorous etc

Question 14

What is a limitation of findings of neg effects of computers?

Answer 14

Link may be complicated

Question 15

Why might link between computers and neg effects be complicated

Answer 15

Personality factors likely to come into play

FB users simply prone to distraction

Question 16

What might FB do to the brain?

Answer 16

Greenfield - infantilise by shortening attention span and providing constant, instant gratification

Question 17

What is some research in support of negative FB effects?

Answer 17

18 y/o asthmatic, condition was stable until break up where she erased him from FB page

Question 18

What does the case of a young asthmatic show about FB?

Answer 18

Can be a trigger for stress reactions

Question 19

What are 2 pos effects of Video Games?

Answer 19

Helping Behaviour

Multiplayer Games & Social Commitment

Question 20

2 Pos effects of Social Media/Computer

Answer 20

FB & Self Esteem

Question 21

Pos Effects of Video Games - Helping Behaviour?

Answer 21

Can increase helping behaviour

Participants who played prosocial game helped more than antisocial game

Question 22

Pos Effects of Video Games - Social Commitment

Answer 22

• Sims as fav game learned about societal problems and explored social issues
• 64% of those who play multiplayer games committed to civic participation

Question 23

AO2 Why aren’t positive effects of video games widely seen then

Answer 23

Seen as lucrative by developers

Question 24

1 Limitation of Pos Effects of video games

Answer 24

• methodological flaws

- research lacks control of prior civic commitment and prosocial activity

Question 25

Pos application of pos effects of video games?

Answer 25

Virtual Iraq - PTSD

Tetris - compete with same sensory channels

Question 26

How can FB/Comp lead to higher self esteem?

Answer 26

Feedback tends to be overwhelmingly positive

Uni mirror/FB/nothing study

Question 27

What supports the idea that FB use leads to increased self esteem?

Answer 27

The Hyperpersonal Model

Question 28

How does the Hyperpersonal Model explain increased self esteem with FB?

Answer 28

Self selection

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