8: OCR Criminal Psychology - Cooper & Mackie

Cooper & Mackie's IV

• Type of game played

• Type of toy played with

• Amount of punishment given with a buzzer

• Playing or watching

Answer explanation

All children took turns playing and watching; the other two are dependent variables

The method used was:

• lab experiment

• field experiment

• observation

• interview

Click on both the experiment design and a strength of that design

• independent measures

• repeated measures

• no participant variables

• no order effects

Odd one out - which one of these was not one of the games played?

• football

• paper and pen maze

• non-violent video game

• violent video game

The dependent variable was levels of (a)   shown.

How many different types of toy were offered to the children?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Answer explanation

They could choose a warrior figure, basketball and hoop, lego or pinball

Children were asked how long they would punish an imaginary naughty child by...

• saying a length of time in seconds

• multiple choice answer

• pressing a buzzer

• pressing a button

Children who played the violent game spent more time with the aggressive toy - T/F?

• true

• false

Children who played the aggressive game wanted to 'punish' the naughty child for longer - T/F?

• true

• false

Check all the weaknesses of the study

• low ecological validity

• low population validity

• temporal bias

• participant variables

Answer explanation

artificial task; only American 9-11 year olds; video games in 1986 not the same as today; independent groups used