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What are experimental studies

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Lab studies of short term effects of computer games can demonstrate cause and effect

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What are correlational studies

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Can investigate real life variables and are usually short term

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What are longitudinal studies

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Correlational studied conducted over a period of time looking st short term effects

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What are mata analysis

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Bring together a variety of studies to give a judgment of size of the effect of violent media in aggression

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What was the experimental study

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Participants played a violent or non-violent game for 10 mins the carried out a standard measure of aggression

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What were participants asked to carry out

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Taylor competitive relation time task

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What did experimental studies find

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Violent computer games caused greater aggression

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What did correlational studies find

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Positive correlation between aggression and violent computer games

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What did longitudinal studies find

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Can predict aggression in adulthood

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What did meta analysis studies find

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Increased aggression across genders and cultures

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What was aggressive behaviour correlated with

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How often they played violent computer games and how much they enjoyed them

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What do researchers claim about video games

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They’re so well-established they should be considered a serious risk factor

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What was a reliable predictor of aggression in adulthood

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Time spent watching tv (also linked to antisocial personality disorder)

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What did Anderson et al suggest

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The effect of violent game playing on aggressive behaviour is greater than the risk of second hand smoking to cancer

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Name a limitation of the effects of computer games

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Measures of aggression are artificial - aggression measured in lab studies are unrealistic because they do not involve retaliation - the experimenter gives the participant permission to be safely aggressive - casts doubt over validity