Media Research on Aggression

Which computer games were participants asked to play in the laboratory experiment by Bartholow & Anderson (2002)?

• Tennis

• Golf

• GTA

• Mortal Kombat

After playing the computer games for 10 minutes, what task were participants asked to do as part of a reaction task (Taylor Competitive Reaction Time Task)?

• Hitting opponents

• Punching a punch bag

• Delivering electric shocks

• Delivering blasts of white noise

What were the noise volumes in the participants?

• 5.97 decibels for the violent video game and 4.60 for the non-violent video game

• 4.60 decibels for the violent video game and 5.97 for the non-violent video game

What are likely to be methodological issues with Bartholow & Anderson's research?

• low reliability

• Low internal validity

• Low mundane realism

• High in demand characteristics

How many juvenile offenders with serious aggressive behaviours were studied in DeLisi's et al (2013) study?

• 27

• 127

• 227

• 327

What were the findings in DeLisi's study?

• There was no association between playing violent video games and being aggressive

• Playing violent video games caused the effect of aggression in offenders

• Aggressive behaviour was negatively correlated with how often offenders played violent video games

• Aggressive behaviour was positively correlated with how often offenders played violent video games

In Anderson's et al (2010), how many studies were used as part of a meta analysis?

• 36

• 136

• 236

• 336

What was associated with playing violent computer games in Anderson's study?

• Increased aggressive behaviour in collectivist cultures

• Increased aggressive behaviour in females

• Increased aggressive behaviour in males

• Increased aggressive behaviour in individualistic cultures

• All of the above

Which statement refers to the criticism that people who are already violent subsequently select violent video games to play?

• Predisposition hypothesis

• Dispositional hypothesis

• Selection hypothesis

• Decision hypothesis

What other extraneous factors when controlled for, show that there is no effect of playing violent videos on aggression?

• Mental health

• Family violence

• Genetics

• TV