Negative effects of video games
- Created by: Molly Byrne
- Created on: 03-01-14 10:01
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- Negative effects of video games!
- Increased aggressive behaviour
- Anderson & Bushman - Meta analysis
- Found short term exposure to violent video games was associated with temp aggression.
- Correlational
- Age bias - only carried out on children.
- Anderson & Bushman - Meta analysis
- Increased physiological arousal
- Funatsuka - gaming can cause epileptic seizures.
- Pokemon - associated with epileptic seizures in 700 japanese viewers.
- Researching using the game 'Doom' found music cause increased arousal in men and women.
- Desensitisation to violence
- Batholemew found desensitisation to violence in those who were used the violence in games.
- Subsequent research has found gaming leads to desensitisation in real life.
- Reducing helping behaviour
- Research - 48 participants played either a violent or non violent version of doom in pairs.
- They were then given the option to cooperate or exploit each other.
- Those who played violent version chose to exploit.
- Research - 48 participants played either a violent or non violent version of doom in pairs.
- Addiction to games
- Grusser et al 07 - survey of 7000 gamers found 12% of them could be addicted according to the WHO
- Poorer relationships
- According to some researchers video games lead to poorer relationships because in order to play people remove them self from social settings.
- However certain games such as the Wii aim to play collectively.
- It could also be the case that relationships are already struggling and people turn to gaming.
- Increased aggressive behaviour
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