PSY 336 Lecture 29: PSY 336 Lecture 30: Applied Developmental Psychology : Media Violence & Children
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Applied developmental psychology / media violence & children. Children seemed to form behavior-outcome expectations based on what they had seen in the film. Children who saw aggressive model reinforced appeared to form hypothesis that if they acted aggressively they too would get reinforcement. Those who saw aggressive model punished expected punishment too. Violent video games potentially more detrimental than tv violence. Players choose desired character / create themselves 1st person games. Players must constantly be ready to perform a behavior (mostly violent) against the enemy and witness the repercussions. The number of aggressive acts by each child was recorded in a 2-min interval. Investigated effects of the mighty morphin power rangers," on children"s aggressive behavior. 26 boys and 26 girls (aged 5-11 yrs) were shown the power rangers or assigned to a control group. Ss who watched power rangers committed more aggressive acts per interval than did controls. For every aggressive act by control ss, there were 7 by.
