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Media influences on Aggression

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
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1.

In the specification, it mentions that you must specifically know about the effects of ___________ on aggression?

a)

Video games

b)

TV

c)

Film

d)

Computer games

2.

Research into the effect of excessive TV viewing and aggression has found that...

a)

Time spent watching violent TV in childhood was a reliable predictor of aggression later in life.

b)

Time spent watching TV in childhood was a reliable predictor of aggression later in life.

c)

Time spent watching violent TV in childhood was not a reliable predictor of aggression later in life.

3.

What is a strength of conducting longitudinal research? Explain 1.

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4.

How did Bandura investigate the effect of violent film content on aggression?

a)

Children watched a model act aggressively towards a doll, and then they were given the same opportunity to do the same.

b)

Children watched a film of a model act aggressively towards a doll, and then they were given the same opportunity to do the same.

c)

Children watched a model act aggressively towards a doll and get rewarded for it. They were then they were given the same opportunity to do the same.

5.

According to a meta-analysis, media accounts for ____________ of variance in children's aggression

a)

10-20%

b)

15-20%

c)

1-10%

d)

50-60%

6.

Computer games is perhaps more powerful than TV/film because...

a)

Players are passive

b)

Players can get punished

c)

Players take on a more active role

d)

It can be rewarding to the player (operant conditioning)

7.

Bartholow & Anderson measured aggression as:

a)

Volume of white noise played

b)

Criminal convictions

c)

Beating a bobo doll

8.

A problem with research that has only found a correlation between aggression and time spent playing violent video games (DeLisi et al) is...

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9.

A useful theory to explain the relationship between playing computer games and aggression is...

a)

Genetics

b)

Social learning theory

c)

Neurotransmitters

d)

Deprivation model

10.

Many of the conclusions in this area are...

a)

Premature

b)

Unsupported

c)

Premature and unsupported

11.

Ways of measuring aggression in studies are...

a)

Highly consistent

b)

Many and varied

c)

Identical

12.

Can you suggest an explanation for why media can influence aggression? Provide one explanation.

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