Реферат: Does Video Game Violence Affect Children Essay

fingers, eyebrows, and toes. Fourth I let them play together again and observed

their behavior for any signs of violence. Two days after they went home I

called their parents and asked if their has been any change in their child’s

behavior.

Throughout most of the experiment the children have had no “bad” behavioral

problems until the end of my experiment. In the last phase of my experiment two

of the boys had exibited violent behavior, which was them pretending to fight.

Also in the last phase of my experiment two of the girls seemed very disgusted

after viewing “fatalities” from Mortal Kombat Trilogy. Also when I called their

houses one of the children’s parents notified me of unusually violent behavior

the day before.

The results prove my hypothesis to be correct. Most of the children had no

changes but some of them did. I think that if people explain to their children

and teach them the difference between reality and a game there would be no

problems with behavior after playing violent video games. Also I agree with the

rating system used to regulate gaming, because some children are not ready to

watch someone’s head get ripped off (even if the characters aren’t real) at a

young age. A mistake I had made were not getting written permission for the use

of their children in my experiment even though I did get verbal.

Bibliography

Mind at Play: The Psychology of Video Games Elizabeth F. Loftus

Youth Violence Michael D. Biskup

Fist, Stick, Knife, Gun Geofferey, Canada

Game Players magazine

Game Fan magazine

Electronic Gaming Monthly magazine

PC Gamer magazine

PC Novice magazine

Bill’s Child Psychology Net Site