Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Sex Doll, Longitudinal Study, Frontal Lobe

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

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Studies on obedience: in a real world study. Counteracting obedience: personal responsibility, disobedient models, obedience drops dramatically, 2 confederates refuse, obedience drops to 10% A large amount of our lives are spent watching tv and witnessing murder on tv/ Cbs: prime time: average of 1. 6 violent acts, 6. 4 acts of violence a day, 2336 acts per year. 80% of all tv shows contain some violence. Average of 5. 2 violent acts per hour. Gerber: 67% of prime time contains some type of violence. National tv violence study: 10,000 programs, 60% contains violence. Parent"s television council (2009): monitored prime time programming during sweeps: a total of 3929 acts of violence, average of 23. 39 per hour, gun or bladed weapon every 3 min, criminal minds: 52. 8 violence, 1 every 68 seconds. Research evidence: modeling studies, laboratory studies, long-term field studies. Children will model when seeing a significant figure perform violent acts. Children can acquire new aggressive responses not previously at their disposal.