The effect of video games and computers Flashcards
3 Studies of Neg effects of VIDEO GAMES?
1) Experimental Studies
2) Longitudinal Studies
3) Meta Analsysis
What have Experimental Studies found regarding the negative effects of video games?
ST physiological arousal increases post violent game play compared to non violent
What have longitudinal studies found regarding the negative effects of video games?
400 children 7-9 at 2 points in school year
High exposure to video games linked to more verbally/physically aggressive and less prosocial
In longitudinal studies regarding the negative effects of video games?, who were the children rated by?
Themselves, peers and teachers
What have meta analysis’s found regarding the negative effects of video games?
Consistent link
Why might the findings of meta analysis regarding the negative effects of video games have shown such a consistent link?
Video games have become even more advanced in their violence
What are 2 methodoloigcal flaws of regarding the negative effects of video games?
1) Must use artifical, contrived settings that may have no relationship to IRL aggression and can only measure ST effects
2) Longitudinal studies - confounding variables over this period
What are 2 AO2 points for negative effects of video games?
1) Methodological Flaws
2) Lack of reliable casual link
What did Gentile propose regarding the AO2 of negative effects of video games?
Bi-directional model
What does Bi-Directional model state
- Violent game may increase AS
- Predisposition to violence through personality that orients people towards violent games
What did Karpinski find (Computers and Neg Effects)
US University, Students using FB everyday might underachieve by as much as a whole grade
Studying for FB users VS Non FB users
11-15 hours weekly vs 1-5
Computers Neg Effects - FB use and anxiety?
12% suffered anxiety
Deleting contacts, pressure to be humorous etc
What is a limitation of findings of neg effects of computers?
Link may be complicated
Why might link between computers and neg effects be complicated
Personality factors likely to come into play
FB users simply prone to distraction
What might FB do to the brain?
Greenfield - infantilise by shortening attention span and providing constant, instant gratification
What is some research in support of negative FB effects?
18 y/o asthmatic, condition was stable until break up where she erased him from FB page
What does the case of a young asthmatic show about FB?
Can be a trigger for stress reactions
What are 2 pos effects of Video Games?
Helping Behaviour
Multiplayer Games & Social Commitment
2 Pos effects of Social Media/Computer
FB & Self Esteem
Pos Effects of Video Games - Helping Behaviour?
Can increase helping behaviour
Participants who played prosocial game helped more than antisocial game
Pos Effects of Video Games - Social Commitment
- Sims as fav game learned about societal problems and explored social issues
- 64% of those who play multiplayer games committed to civic participation
AO2 Why aren’t positive effects of video games widely seen then
Seen as lucrative by developers
1 Limitation of Pos Effects of video games
- methodological flaws
- research lacks control of prior civic commitment and prosocial activity
