The Effects Of Video Games And Computers

Question 0

What did Oswald find about video games ?

Answer 0

Lemmings game displayed more pro social behaviour than those that played neutral or aggressive games. 67% helped researcher pick up pencils compares to 28% of aggressive games

Question 1

What did kestenbaum and Weinstein find about video games ?

Answer 1

Calming effect. Teen males playing games has a calling effect that can help them manage conflict and discharge aggression.

Question 2

What did van schie Nd wiegman rind about video games v

Answer 2

Possibtive correlation with intelligence. No relationship with amojt. If time playing and levels of agression

Question 3

What does carnagy et Al find about video games ?

Answer 3

Desnstitisation. Effect of playing violent computer games on response to violence in real life. Two conditions one playing violent and one non violent for 20 mins. Both then watched violent films and galvanic responses and heart rates were measured. Violent group had lower rates

Question 4

What will effect responses to video games anyways

Answer 4

Personality and up bringing

Question 5

What are the three explanations of games and aggression ?

Answer 5

Bi directional model
Desnstitisation
Interactive media

Question 6

What did gentile and Anderson find about bidirectional model?

Answer 6

While video games cause aggression already aggressive individuals will pick them anyways

Question 7

What did funk find about desensitisation v

Answer 7

People who constantly play games become desensitised and less likely to be disgusted by real life aggression

Question 8

What does desensitisation fail to acknowledge?

Answer 8

Human intelligence and free will

Question 9

What did porter and starcevic argue about interactive violence ?

Answer 9

More likely to cause hostility and aggression coz they convey messages that violence is acceptable to deal with irritants

Question 10

Why can’t aggression be studied directly v

Answer 10

Ethics

Question 11

what does andersons study of interactive violence state

Answer 11

Participant black each other with white noise and rate aggression scale after playing wolfstein (aggressive game ) 210 students player either aggressive or non and asked to then punish apponernt with noise. Violent game longer blast

Question 12

Describe a longitudinal study of video games ?

Answer 12

800 jap children surveyed twice year found aggression. Wasn’t a predictor of late violent games but violent video games normally correlated with later aggression

Question 13

What does the Tanya Byron repor 2008 state of video games ?

Answer 13

Any results into effects of video games are inconclusive