Originally posted by Adam_PoE
I believe that violent video games are a valid form of adult entertainment. However, research by the American Psychological Association indicates a measureable increase in aggressive behvior in children who play violent video games.
How old are these "children" they're testing?
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
I believe that violent video games are a valid form of adult entertainment. However, research by the American Psychological Association indicates a measureable increase in aggressive behvior in children who play violent video games.
i wouldnt be surprised if this was during the video game... they sit little johnny down with GTA, he plays the game and commits acts ingame that would be considered aggressive outside it (stealing, killing, and so forth), then they label him aggressive even though he doesnt do those things outside of GTA...
typical bullshit, trying to blame video games for the evils of the world...
Plus it's completely dependent on each individual kid.
When I was a kid, MK and Doom were both at the height of their popularity, all my friends at the time played them, myself included, and, none of them were aggressive in any way. In fact, the most aggressive people were those who didn't play any video games, the kids who skated and all that shit.
"studies" like this have no validity for the most part, because as pr1983 shows, we don't know the details of what they are referencing when it comes to "aggressive" behavior. The kid was playing the game, trying to complete an objective, failed, got mad and threw the controller down on the ground and said "damn it". Then the doctor takes this as "aggressive behavior caused by violent video games", when in reality it's simply caused from the same frusturation that could be caused in ANY video game, violent or not.
The ONLY kids who are actually affected by video games are those who are too young to realize that what they're seeing is not real, and think that they should mimic what they see on the game. In this case, it's naive and idiotic to blame the game for this, since it would be entirely the parents fault for allowing a child to play such a game. Also, kids who have prior mental problems are more apt to be affected by the game, but again, this is a fault of the parents, and no one else.
Originally posted by pr1983
i wouldnt be surprised if this was during the video game... they sit little johnny down with GTA, he plays the game and commits acts ingame that would be considered aggressive outside it (stealing, killing, and so forth), then they label him aggressive even though he doesnt do those things outside of GTA...typical bullshit, trying to blame video games for the evils of the world...
A research review done by NCTV found that 9 of 12 research studies on the impact of violent video games on normal children and adolescents reported harmful effects. In general, while video game playing has not been implicated as a direct cause of severe psycho-pathology, research suggests that there is a short-term relationship between playing violent games and increased aggressive behavior in younger children.
Originally posted by Adam_PoE
A research review done by NCTV found that 9 of 12 research studies on the impact of violent video games on normal children and adolescents reported harmful effects. In general, while video game playing has not been implicated as a direct cause of severe psycho-pathology, research suggests that there is a short-term relationship between playing violent games and increased aggressive behavior in younger children.
and they didnt consider that these children might have aggressive tendencies already?
and im still curious (like backfire) as to the age of these children...
^ No, Adam is correct...as I said earlier.
who died and made you king decreeing whats right and wrong?
If you think your child is going to be easily influenced by video games you have two choices:
A) Let them play the game while emphasising that it's never to be recreated outside of the game.
or
B) Not let them play it.
Grand Theft Auto can't cause a kid to go nuts if it's sitting on the shelf in a store.
-AC
Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
If you think your child is going to be easily influenced by video games you have two choices:A) Let them play the game while emphasising that it's never to be recreated outside of the game.
or
B) Not let them play it.
Grand Theft Auto can't cause a kid to go nuts if it's sitting on the shelf in a store.
-AC
Oh, don't speak so soon, I'm sure they'll find a way, and they'll also have invalid studies to back up their blames.
"According too (enter generic phsycological orginization abreviation here) Looking at the box of GTA has been shown to cause increased aggressive behavior in children"
Oh, don't speak so soon, I'm sure they'll find a way, and they'll also have invalid studies to back up their blames.
yeah... "mom if you don't buy me that game i'll kill you..."
Since it is a fact, there is no morality attached to it. Unless, of course, you are speaking in terms of correct-incorrect, in which case it is a fact, so it can't not be correct.
what fact? that some mickey mouse study was carried out in a vain attempt to shift the blame onto easy targets?
Originally posted by FeceMan
Since it is a fact, there is no morality attached to it. Unless, of course, you are speaking in terms of correct-incorrect, in which case it is a fact, so it can't not be correct.
It is not a fact. There are numerous other orginizations that have done similar studies that show that there is no noticable difference between children who play violent video games and those who don't.
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu/conf2001/papers/goldstein.html
Solid article seeing how accurate and credible some of these "studies" actually are.
Be warned, this uses logic, reason and practicallity, rather then "this shows that according to these guys, that's all you need to know". So Feceman, you won't like it.
Umm...it's a fact because it has been proven in experiments? I'm not saying it is an excuse; I'm just saying that children imitate behavior to which they are exposed. (Read: children. Not adults.)
EDIT: I'm not talking about just videogames; I'm talking about all forms of observational learning. Hooray, a psychology term was used today.
Originally posted by FeceMan
Umm...it's a fact because it has been proven in experiments? I'm not saying it is an excuse; I'm just saying that children imitate behavior to which they are exposed. (Read: children. Not adults.)
yes.. children, as in six year olds... what idiot would subject a six year old to a mature rated game... or movie for that matter...