Video Games Do Not Make the Player More Violent
Violent video games do not affect people in negative ways. Recently many people have been doing tests to see if video games are making people, mainly teenagers, act out in more violent ways. When video games affect one’s behavior, it is called “priming”. Although video games have become more violent over the years, video games do not make teenagers act out more cruelty because data collected from tests show no change, some psychologists believe it actually reduces poor decisions, and today almost all young males are playing video games yet they are not all acting out.
Several tests have been done to see if brutal content in video games affect the player negatively, but no data has been found …show more content…
In the article, Do Video Games Lead to Violence?, it says in the text that Christopher Ferguson, a professor in psychology, believes that video games reduce violence among players. “Basically, by keeping young males busy with things they like”, Ferguson says, ”you keep them off the streets and out of trouble”. He also stated that newer tests with better methods have shown no evidence of video games linking to violent decisions.Also, over a few weeks after a popular new video game came out, crime rates went down. Although not all boys play video games, most of them today do and several reliable sources believe video games are keeping them from getting into trouble. No, video games are not the problem, they are keeping the player away from the …show more content…
In the article Do Video Games Lead To Violence?, the author quoted Chris Grady, a survivor of the February fourteen shootings at Douglas High School in Florida, Chris says, “I grew up playing video games ... first-person shooter games, and I would never, ever dream of taking the lives of any of my peers." If video games is the issue causing it’s players to take lives, then why aren’t all of them acting that way. Yes, the article also says that an eighteen year old gunman that killed nine people in Munich, Germany was a fan of first person shooting games, but there is no proof that it was the cause of him doing such a horrific act. So, video games may not be the complete cause for violence, people just may want something to blame.
Video games do not cause violence in it’s players. There is no data that show positive results, some professionals actually think it keeps players from violence, and if video games primed you to make worse decisions than everyone would be that plays video games would be making those decisions. It is time to watch out for people, in their behaviors and actions, not just take video games away and hope that was the
Violent video games do not affect people in negative ways. Recently many people have been doing tests to see if video games are making people, mainly teenagers, act out in more violent ways. When video games affect one’s behavior, it is called “priming”. Although video games have become more violent over the years, video games do not make teenagers act out more cruelty because data collected from tests show no change, some psychologists believe it actually reduces poor decisions, and today almost all young males are playing video games yet they are not all acting out.
Several tests have been done to see if brutal content in video games affect the player negatively, but no data has been found …show more content…
In the article, Do Video Games Lead to Violence?, it says in the text that Christopher Ferguson, a professor in psychology, believes that video games reduce violence among players. “Basically, by keeping young males busy with things they like”, Ferguson says, ”you keep them off the streets and out of trouble”. He also stated that newer tests with better methods have shown no evidence of video games linking to violent decisions.Also, over a few weeks after a popular new video game came out, crime rates went down. Although not all boys play video games, most of them today do and several reliable sources believe video games are keeping them from getting into trouble. No, video games are not the problem, they are keeping the player away from the …show more content…
In the article Do Video Games Lead To Violence?, the author quoted Chris Grady, a survivor of the February fourteen shootings at Douglas High School in Florida, Chris says, “I grew up playing video games ... first-person shooter games, and I would never, ever dream of taking the lives of any of my peers." If video games is the issue causing it’s players to take lives, then why aren’t all of them acting that way. Yes, the article also says that an eighteen year old gunman that killed nine people in Munich, Germany was a fan of first person shooting games, but there is no proof that it was the cause of him doing such a horrific act. So, video games may not be the complete cause for violence, people just may want something to blame.
Video games do not cause violence in it’s players. There is no data that show positive results, some professionals actually think it keeps players from violence, and if video games primed you to make worse decisions than everyone would be that plays video games would be making those decisions. It is time to watch out for people, in their behaviors and actions, not just take video games away and hope that was the