Aggression

A journal article titled “Causal Effects of Violent Sports Video Games on Aggression: Is It Competitiveness or Violent Content?” Anderson and Carnagey, the authors of the article, explore the consequences of the competitive, violent sports on the behaviors of the players. Another journal article titled Media violence and the self:…

violent lifestyles. The media promotes aggression as well as invites for imitation. Specifically this imitation is leaned towards the youth, with a growing mind and changing psychology the youth are left vulnerable to the circumstances of reality and all the violence included with it. The question now arises, is violence in the media, proper for the youth? This question is very argument able and has many possible answers. Sissela Bok, author of “Aggression: the Impact of Media Violence,”…

“In real life, killing is a traumatic experience. But in video games, it’s something that can happen a hundred times a minute,” says Walt Williams (5). Aggression is a growing cause in America today. Violence is now starting at an extremely young age. Why? Because one of the many causing factors of violence is violent video games that are made in todays’ time. Some examples of the video game are Grand Theft Auto (also known as GTA), Modern Warfare, Call of Duty, and Dark Souls. Parents have…

The Relationship Between Parenting Styles and Aggression in Children With technology being implemented earlier and earlier into children’s lives, aggression is becoming more of an issue in children, especially with the popularity of violent video games. Could technology be the sole cause of the rise in child aggression? Some studies show that parents hold an influence over their child’s attitude and ultimately their aggressiveness. Unfortunately, there is little known research on the…

affected viewer’s gender stereotyping and beliefs about social aggression. Experimenters were particularly interested in investigating if different sub genres of reality tv has an effect on gender stereotyping and social aggression beliefs. The focus of the study was on emerging adult women, gender related and social aggression beliefs. Researchers hypothesized personal desires would play a role in the formation of gender and social aggression beliefs. Researchers also examined perceived…

which in my opinion results in teen relational aggression towards one another. Relational aggression among boys is typically physical. But between girls it becomes relational, leaving them feeling rejected, “less than” and with a damaged sense of self. Boys grow out of this phase by resolving issues physically, but girls don’t. Girls usually take out their anger among one another by bad mouthing and putting each other down. In my opinion relational aggression will get worst throughout the years,…

Violent video games, violent films, all of these are thought to be a unnatural cause to aggression in young adults and children. The real question on this topic, is the studies done on the subject correct. The topic has been around since violent television and other violent viewings was introduced to this country. Are there any real supported studies that can prove that violent media leads to aggression in life? Violence is not a new issue, it has always been around in humanity. But claims state…

Media Violence and the effects on aggression have been a controversial topic for over 50 years. Just recently, in 2011, the Supreme Court struck down a law in California where they were attempting to ban violent video games (Ramos et al., 2013). There have been many studies done to imply that excessive violent media exposure leads to aggression (Ramos et al., 2013). I am not agreeing or disagreeing that media violence exposure always causes aggressive behavior, I will argue that there are…

There are some beliefs from researchers that video games could not and do not cause an increase in the aggression in minors. Many studies show that it is impossible to find a conclusion of if video games affect teen aggression because nobody can do a proper study to find out (PBS). Researchers believe that it is actually almost impossible to figure out if video games cause violence in teens. To figure it out if video games do increase violence you would have to do a study on a numerous amount of…

In Search of Nature by E.O. Wilson contains a chapter titled "Altruism and Aggression," in which the author examines the social behaviors of altruism and aggression. Wilson takes care to address and refute the claim that there exists within humans an inherent instinct to display hostility. Wilson presents aggression as antithetical to altruism, an inherent component of human nature, and therefore contends that antagonism is not intuitive but acquired; humans are taught to be aggressive by their…