Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ganglion, Pineal Gland, Myelin

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Question: does tv violence affect aggression: observation. Group 1 (independent) watch violent show measure aggression (dependednt) Group 2 (ind) watch nonviolent show measure aggression (dep) Group 3 (ind) no tv (control) measure aggression (dep) All subjects exposed to all conditions need less people. All watch violent show measure aggression/all watch nonviolent shows measure aggression. Verbal attack (have someone insult you and them get you to evaluate them) Safe attack (let kid attack a bobo doll) Internal validity: degree to which experiment supports causal conclusion, confounded. External validity: degree to which results can be generalized, e. g. only tested boys. Demand characteristics: cues in experiment convey hypothesis to participants, participants help experimenter, e. g. Geen & berkowitz (1967) did a study on aggression where they were frustrated by people and were then given an opportunity to hurt them. When the gun was in the room they were more aggressive; when the tennis racket was there they were less aggressive.