PSYC1111 Study Guide - Final Guide: Internal Validity, Research Question, Oklahoma City Bombing

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28 May 2018

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Research question

• Do violent games lead to violent behaviour?

Controversy

• MadWorld, 2009, for Wii

• Rated MA15+

o Extreme B&W cartoon violent

• Consumers want violence

o Sold a lot of copies

o ~50% of users are under 18

• Should we be worried?

Columbine

• Eric Harris

• it’ll e like the LA riots, the Oklahoa oig, WWII, Vieta, Duke [Nuke] ad

Doo all ied tougher… I at to leae a lastig ipressio o the orld

• Families of victims tried to sue video game makers

• Best Method: True Experiment

o Want to establish a causal relationship

o Need highest possible internal validity

Dependent Variable: Aggression

• Hot sauce allocation task

• Participants

1. Are asked to fill out questionnaires assessing food preferences

2. Find out their experimental partner does not like hot and spicy foods

3. Then determine how much hot sauce the partner should consume

4. The amount of hot sauce is weighed in grams

• More hot sauce = more aggression

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