Video Games constitute a new phenomenon in modern society. With the advance of technology and graphic display, the content of video games has become more aggressive and disturbing. For the past few decades, since video games were first created, the gaming industry has been developing games that would surpass other games before it. Video games have incredibly changed over time. Before, graphic systems limited many features. Violence was not realistic and blood was not red. Nowadays with the tremendous technology development there has been, video games have become more realistic and violent. They have become so realistic that even the United States government makes use of video games to help train the military. In the late 1990’s many high school
…show more content…
Socialization is a process in which the individual 's skills, motivations, and behaviors are formed so that this individual recognizes their current or future role in society. In this formation, deployment of social skills is fundamental. A big percentage of social skills are acquired while playing games as children. A negative impact video games may cause is the decrease in social behavior. Doctor Ali Kheramad performed a study in 2010 in which the intention was to investigate and compare the social skills of students addicted to computer games and students who did not play these. He interviewed around 600 students, the study showed that there is a significant difference between the social skills of students addicted to video games and regular students. Results also indicated that normal students had a much higher level of social skills compared to those addicted to games. This is caused because video games start replacing the rest of social activities as individuals yield their social application to video games. The players chose to virtual social interactions rather than those in the real world and stabilize the need of social situation through the interaction with other players in the game. In the study, Doctor Kheramad performed players openly admitted they preferred video games over companionship and that it helped them get away from real life. A research performed by the University of Montreal found that gaming could lead children to neglect part of their brains. For this experiment scientists monitored brain activity and eye movement in gamers and non-gamers. It was proven that gamers were less likely to use the hippocampus area of the brain which controls memory, learning and emotion. Therefore, this studies clearly depict how video games do have a negative influence in children’s social behavior and
Socialization is a process in which the individual 's skills, motivations, and behaviors are formed so that this individual recognizes their current or future role in society. In this formation, deployment of social skills is fundamental. A big percentage of social skills are acquired while playing games as children. A negative impact video games may cause is the decrease in social behavior. Doctor Ali Kheramad performed a study in 2010 in which the intention was to investigate and compare the social skills of students addicted to computer games and students who did not play these. He interviewed around 600 students, the study showed that there is a significant difference between the social skills of students addicted to video games and regular students. Results also indicated that normal students had a much higher level of social skills compared to those addicted to games. This is caused because video games start replacing the rest of social activities as individuals yield their social application to video games. The players chose to virtual social interactions rather than those in the real world and stabilize the need of social situation through the interaction with other players in the game. In the study, Doctor Kheramad performed players openly admitted they preferred video games over companionship and that it helped them get away from real life. A research performed by the University of Montreal found that gaming could lead children to neglect part of their brains. For this experiment scientists monitored brain activity and eye movement in gamers and non-gamers. It was proven that gamers were less likely to use the hippocampus area of the brain which controls memory, learning and emotion. Therefore, this studies clearly depict how video games do have a negative influence in children’s social behavior and