Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Disinhibition, Parents Television Council, Alternative 3

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Michael Atkinson

Document Summary

Read for next time: pages 494-498; 504-510. Tv images: violence more likely form minorities, strangers should not be trusted. Cbs (1980: prime time: average of 1. 6 violent acts, 6. 4 acts per day. Signorielli et al. (1982: 80% of all tv shows contain some violence, 71% of prime time shows, 94% of children"s weekend shows, average of 5. 2 violent acts per hour. Gerber (1993: 67% of prime time contains some kind of violence. National tv violence study (1997: 10,000 programs, 60% contain violence. Parents television council (2009: monitored prime time programing during sweeps (february abd may, a total of 3929 acts of violence, average od 23. 39 acts per hour. Parents television council (2013: gun or blade weapon every 3 minutes, criminal minds, average of 52. 8 acts of violence per episode (1 ever 68 seconds) Bandura (1971: kids are shown a video of a clown doll that it meant to be punched.