PSYCH 2AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Parental Advisory, Comity, Bobo Doll Experiment
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It had significant impact on school readiness for children who watched it regularly. It was a camp for juvenile delinquents: the family movies did nothing, but the violent movies increased significantly their level of aggression. If we are looking at the immediate impact of consuming violent media, we are getting a little worried: we know there is an immediate effect, now we have to see if it effects them for life. It also gives them more ways of being aggressive. do not have the restraint: there are weakened inhibitions against aggressive behaviors, there is a cognitive readiness to aggression, we also become desensitized. It becomes the first likely response when frustrated. It no longer affects us the same way. It then becomes easier to engage: there is also now and exposer to prosocial behavior, you are learning more about violence than about prosocial behavior.
