Positive effects of video games Flashcards
What did Whitaker and Bushman find in 2011?
Students who played a relaxing video game sharpened more pencils than those who played neutral or violent games.
What did Gentile find in 2009? What made it special?
A longitudinal study of over 2000 Japanese students found a bi-directional relationship between amount of gaming including PSB and the amount of PSB displayed.
What did Mellecker find in 2008?
A seated bowling game burns 39% more calories than resting and an active running game burn 451% more.
What undermines the athlete theory and Mellecker’s findings.
Real tennis burns 4x more calories than a tennis game.
Students who played a relaxing video game sharpened more pencils than those who played neutral or violent games.
Whitaker and Bushman, 2011.
A longitudinal study of over 2000 Japanese students found a bi-directional relationship between amount of gaming including PSB and the amount of PSB displayed.
Gentile, 2009.
A seated bowling game burns 39% more calories than resting and an active running game burn 451% more.
Mellecker, 2008.
