rocklobster (post: 1230013) wrote:My main problem with M-rated games is that I read about a psychological study where they showed kids a video of adults attacking a boppo doll (one of those inflatable dolls that come right back up when you hit them because they have sand in the bottom). Then they put a boppo doll in the room and the kids imitated the video exactly. When I read about that, it totally shot down my view that violence in TV and video games can't influence children.
Bandura and his associates never successfully supported their theory of social learning in that specific behaviors such as aggression can be learned through observing and imitating others even if reinforcement is not used either on the model or the subject. They came to the conclusion that children observing adult behavior are influenced to think that this type of behavior is acceptable thus weakening the child's aggressive inhibitions. The result of reduced aggressive inhibitions in children means that they are more likely to respond to future situations in a more aggressive manner.
In a follow-up study, Bandura (1965) found that when children viewed aggressive behavior and then viewed that behavior being either rewarded or punished that children were less likely to emit aggressive behaviors when they had viewed an adult model being punished for aggressive behavior. Children who saw the model rewarded did not differ in aggressive behaviors from those that saw a model receive no reward. Bandura then offered an incentive for all three groups of children to recall what had happened in the video, and all three groups recalled the modeled aggression at approximately similar levels.
Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1230049) wrote:That's Albert Bandura's famous 1961 experiment on observational learning. Children that were shown a video of an adult beating up a bobo-doll imitated the adult when it was their turn, whereas the children that did not watch the video played nicely.
However, this must be taken into consideration
Either way, M-Rated games are not supposed to be played by young children, rather those that are 17 years old or older. Irresponsible parenting can be a big factor when it comes to little kids getting their grubby hands on some GTA IV.
rocklobster wrote:My main problem with M-rated games is that I read about a psychological study where they showed kids
Nate (post: 1230061) wrote:Or you could just realize that correlation does not imply causation.
Mr. SmartyPants (post: 1230085) wrote:While that is true, there is certainly a difference between a heavy correlation and a slight correlation.
Not saying GTA IV will make you a serial killer or anything, but I believe that a child growing up being exposed to violence will most certainly have a higher chance of themselves being more aggressive as they age.
Fish and Chips (post: 1230090) wrote:This goes back to why kids should not play mature games.
rocklobster wrote:My main problem with M-rated games is that I read about a psychological study where they showed kids a video of adults attacking a boppo doll (one of those inflatable dolls that come right back up when you hit them because they have sand in the bottom). Then they put a boppo doll in the room and the kids imitated the video exactly. When I read about that, it totally shot down my view that violence in TV and video games can't influence children.
Rocklobster wrote:My main problem with M-rated games is that I read about a psychological study where they showed kids a video of adults attacking a boppo doll (one of those inflatable dolls that come right back up when you hit them because they have sand in the bottom). Then they put a boppo doll in the room and the kids imitated the video exactly. When I read about that, it totally shot down my view that violence in TV and video games can't influence children.
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Christisright (post: 1230289) wrote:Just out of curiosity. What do you like about the GTA series and its clones?I cant think of any good that can come out of those games. I mean it would be Unchristian to actually enjoy doing those terrible things that those series are known for.
Christisright wrote:Just out of curiosity. What do you like about the GTA series and its clones?I cant think of any good that can come out of those games. I mean wouldn't it be Unchristian to actually enjoy doing those terrible things (drug deals,picking up hookers,etc.)? Even if it is just in a video game.
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