To many unanswered variables in this experement, for example the backgrounds of the students probably were different, and therefore some of them have already been preconditioned to violence, and the amount was not mentioned, so im assuming that it was a low ammount of people which makes the test somewhat subjectable.
Do Videogames Really Cause Violent Behavior?
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I feel that the biggest problem with the experiment is that it simply observes aggression, not tendency to commit violent acts.
Aggression will rise after playing almost anything tension inducing. This includes real life sports - I bet if they redid the experiment and had one group play chess and the other a moderately competitive sport (I.E. nothing already violent) the chess group would show less "violent tendencies".
Aggression will rise after playing almost anything tension inducing. This includes real life sports - I bet if they redid the experiment and had one group play chess and the other a moderately competitive sport (I.E. nothing already violent) the chess group would show less "violent tendencies".
Did they stop and look at what type of personallity these people had, if they were known for violent behavior previously...
It's really quite hard to make a "valid" test at all.
It's really quite hard to make a "valid" test at all.
I hope by now we have all seen the video of the guy who has his WoW subscription canceled. Maybe that would answer the question.
Damm those violent teenagers attacking each other with loud blasts of noise such savagery
A good example of why social science shouldn't be considered a science at all
A good example of why social science shouldn't be considered a science at all
If you really think ANY video game can teach ANYONE how to shoot a real gun you have never fired a real gun. Go shoot some real guns and then come back to tell me how much a FPS prepared you for shooting real weapons of any kind, even a .22. To put it bluntly that is a load of crap. Sorry to say it like that but it is so true.Toxxistorm said:
I played halo when I was 6 and I am a borderline pacifist. Also I lack the proper skills to fight or operate a firearm.
I have argued this exact point on several occasions. The only thing I'd add is that video games are just the latest whipping boy to be targeted. Whenever I hear games cause violence, I remember a time not so long ago when violent tv had adverse effects. Or my personal favorite, playing Dungeons and Dragons will cause you to lose touch with reality and go on a killing spree. There are pre-existing problems with anyone who commits violent acts. If games did create violent tendencies, wouldn't everyone on the escapist be viscious thugs?Furburt said:
Columbine is an isolated incedent
generally the people who this gets pinned happen to either already be mental wrecks or Insane enough to think that Violence can solve their problems. there is a difference, learn when your problems can only be ended by killing people, such as with Overpopulation
generally the people who this gets pinned happen to either already be mental wrecks or Insane enough to think that Violence can solve their problems. there is a difference, learn when your problems can only be ended by killing people, such as with Overpopulation
No, I've read many articles on this type of stuff.
Yes, playing a violent video game does raise your level of agression for some period of time, but it will not cause you to go out and hit someone. Why? Because hitting someone is most times an act that is not thought out and done in immediate anger. (Like a fight or just general violence.) When you play a video game, you don't immediately set out to PUNCH a person, it just means that your levels of aggression are raised, but if you walk down the stairs and beat your wife/..husband(?) then you're probably just a generally violent person.
Why do you think people tell you to count to 10 when you're mad? After 10 seconds, you'll usually realize whatever made you mad/aggressive/upset isn't worth hitting. Your aggresion will cool down some and you most likely will not be violent.
But people who says that video games cause violent behave are like the same people who say that guns kill people.
No, they don't kill people. Violent people kill people. No matter what their weapon.
Yes, playing a violent video game does raise your level of agression for some period of time, but it will not cause you to go out and hit someone. Why? Because hitting someone is most times an act that is not thought out and done in immediate anger. (Like a fight or just general violence.) When you play a video game, you don't immediately set out to PUNCH a person, it just means that your levels of aggression are raised, but if you walk down the stairs and beat your wife/..husband(?) then you're probably just a generally violent person.
Why do you think people tell you to count to 10 when you're mad? After 10 seconds, you'll usually realize whatever made you mad/aggressive/upset isn't worth hitting. Your aggresion will cool down some and you most likely will not be violent.
But people who says that video games cause violent behave are like the same people who say that guns kill people.
No, they don't kill people. Violent people kill people. No matter what their weapon.
Think about it this way.
Violent people just happen to play violent games.
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Gamers play games. Period.
Just because we play violent games doesn't mean we're violent. we just want a challenge, or just like to hear the gunshots, or we like to play multiplayer with friends killing zombies or nazis, or w/e.
Violent people just happen to play violent games.
OR
Gamers play games. Period.
Just because we play violent games doesn't mean we're violent. we just want a challenge, or just like to hear the gunshots, or we like to play multiplayer with friends killing zombies or nazis, or w/e.
When making an argument, the responsibility for explaining your points is placed on you.Toxxistorm said:
You can't just wave your hand and go "read a book".
I'm relatively new to videogames, having only seriously played them (at least the violent ones) for a couple of years now. And I really don't think I've gained any more violence in that time- I grew up in a family that did a lot of hunting, so I've always been familiar with guns and I'm not particularly phobic about them, but I'm just not a very violent person in real life, although I'm extremely violent in games.
If there's anything I can say about myself since I started playing violent videogames, I think my tolerance for violence has risen. I used to dislike blood and any talk about dismemberment, etc., because it grossed me out, but now I'm more OK with it. (at least in a fictional setting. After seeing real-life footage of blood literally pooling the ground from some conflict in... Serbia, I believe, I was just as horrified as everyone else, although perhaps not quite as grossed out.) However, this doesn't make me more accepting of violence, just gave me a stronger stomach.
If there's anything I can say about myself since I started playing violent videogames, I think my tolerance for violence has risen. I used to dislike blood and any talk about dismemberment, etc., because it grossed me out, but now I'm more OK with it. (at least in a fictional setting. After seeing real-life footage of blood literally pooling the ground from some conflict in... Serbia, I believe, I was just as horrified as everyone else, although perhaps not quite as grossed out.) However, this doesn't make me more accepting of violence, just gave me a stronger stomach.
playing video games does not make you violent in the least and i will punch anyone in the face repeatedly that says anything to the contrary