On Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:09:29 -0700, Michael Sylvester wrote: >Remember all that hoopla more than a decade ago about how >children watching violence on TV will re-enact violent episodes >on the playground and other areas of their lives? As a matter a fact, >a famous image in most psychology intro text was of a child imposing havoc on >a bobo doll.
Actually, according to Wikipedia (yadda-yadda) the first research study by Bandura was in 1961. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobo_doll_experiment Here is some early video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHHdovKHDNU [snip]. > Now,I see a difference between the earlier TV viewing and the current >video games.The latter is more participatory whereas the former is >passive.One >can argue that this does not negate >the subsequent effects of observing violence but it does appear that current >video games allow a degree of instant participatory display of aggression that >staves off displacement to other future activities and social interactions. Perhaps you should consider the role of video games in training future armed forces; see: http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/news/2003/10/60688 (NOTE: this article is from 2003) and http://www.armedforces-int.com/suppliers/virtual-simulations.html and, more generally, the concept of war games and simulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_simulation (yadda-yadda) -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=11246 or send a blank email to leave-11246-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
