Message emphasising loss in regard to failure to get a breast examination was the most persuasive
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The ELM explains attitude change via two routes, what are they?
Central and Peripheral
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In Petty, Cacioppo and Goldman's study (81), persuasion for ppts using central route depended on...
Quality of argument
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High 'need for cognition' individuals are more likely to respond to what according to findings in a study by Vildrine et al (07)?
A leaflet detailing facts about smoking
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Whose theory applies to TV persuasion?
McGuire's
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Who found a positive correlation between viewing violent TV as a child and adult aggression (as reported by a friend)?
Huesmann (03)
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The Excitation-Transfer Theory proposes that...
Viewing violent media increases arousal
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The desensitisation explanation of media influence on anti-social behaviour does NOT argue that...
An aggressive response comes from a misinterpretation of high arousal from watching violence as coming from the provocation
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Greenberg (80) found...
An equivalent number of pro-social and anti-social acts in popular US TV programmes in any one hour period
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The social modelling explanation of media influence on pro-social behaviour argues that...
Children learn appropriate behaviours through vicarious reinforcement
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Who found in a meta-analysis of 230 studies that above the age of 6, the effect of pro-social content on behaviour was stronger for girls than boys?
Hearold (86)
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Harris (99) looked at the effects of computer playing on children and adolescents and found...
Increases in relaxation, coordination and self esteem but also aggression, introversion and addiction
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Who found in Japanese students that pro-social game playing relates to pro-social behaviour in the long term (4 month period)?
Gentile (09)
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Whose research suggested that computer and video gaming might have physical benefits (through increased exercise e.g. active bowling on the Wii)?
Mellecker
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The General Aggression Model states that playing violent video games makes you more violent through influencing four factors. Which factor is not included in this model?
Biochemistry
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Weber (06) found that...
The amygdala and ACC (responsible for emotional regulation) were less active in gamers according to fMRI scans
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Which model states that people who have aggressive temperaments preferentially select violent video games?
Bi-directional model
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Studies with significant results i.e. where a link or effect is found, are much more likely to be printed in journals and reported. Which issue is this describing?
Publication bias
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Card 2
Front
What did Meyerowitz and Chaiken (87) find?
Back
Message emphasising loss in regard to failure to get a breast examination was the most persuasive
Card 3
Front
The ELM explains attitude change via two routes, what are they?
Back
Card 4
Front
In Petty, Cacioppo and Goldman's study (81), persuasion for ppts using central route depended on...
Back
Card 5
Front
High 'need for cognition' individuals are more likely to respond to what according to findings in a study by Vildrine et al (07)?
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