PSYB10H3 Chapter 2: PSYB10 - Chapter 2 - 5th edition - B10 - Page-Gould {Complete}

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How do social psychologists do research p27. Lavrieve - 11yr old f sibling s. assaulted, robbed & murdered. Convinced that tv violence was responsible for death. Her and family gathered 1. 3mil sig"s from canadians across country, petitioning against violent television programming by demanding from federal gov that the amt of violent content from these programs be reduced (ex) decision not reached. Parliament interviewed individuals, many assoc. w/ tv industry to come to conclusion that insufficient evidence to support conclusion that violence on tv contrib. to violent behavr (ex) decision reached from. Analyzed results of 100s of scientific studies about television violence, its relation to violent behaviour. Tv violence incr. aggressive behavr, at least among children predisposed towrd aggression. The group at risk are minority out of tv viewers, but they are likely to be majority out of aggressors. Used careful analysis of scientific evidence to come to this conclusion.

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