PSYCH 414 Lecture Notes - Mezmerize (Album), Rape Myth, Social Learning Theory
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Men tend to be much more aggressive in ordinary circumstances. This becomes much smaller when people are provoked. If the situation is right, women will be as aggressive as men. Girls tend to engage in covert (indirect) aggression. Boys tend to engage in overt (direct) aggression. Stats 28 hours a week pre teen, 23 hours a week teen. Primetime tv: 5-6 acts of violence per hour. Catharsis hypothesis: watch violence in order to purge aggression (so you won"t act aggressively) Correlation between amount of time playing violent video games and aggressive delinquent behavior. College students randomly assigned to play a video game 2 times over a week. Then they played a competitive game with the opposite person. They did the decibel blast test to see who would hold it longer (cause the other person pain) The violent players blasted the noise longer. Same effects for male / female / adults / children.
