Anderon & Dill - Aggression and Video games
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- Created on: 01-03-15 14:46
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- Anderson & Dill - video games & aggression
- Aim
- Do people who play video games become agressive
- Procedure
- 210 psychology students, split into 2 groups
- Violent or non-violent video games
- Participants told experiment was about motor skills
- After 15 mins competitive game with reaction test
- Results
- Longest/loudest noises from violent group
- Women gave greater punishments than men
- Conclusion
- Violent video games increase aggression, particularly women
- Strengths
- Lab experiment, researchers had control - reliable results
- Generalisable
- Weaknesses
- Could've guessed aim
- Unrealistic environment, may not have acted naturally
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