The Effects of Violent Games

There is more at stake than the spoil of the 25 videogame industry. Anderson and Bushman’s (2002) general aggression model (GAM) explicates both the development of aggression and individual differences in susceptibility to be influence of violent video games.

According to Anderson and Bushman (2002), the line between ‘simulations’ and videogames has greatly been blurred by the real-time and very realistic attributes of modern games. Correlations of aggression among boys with the amount of violent games played is rooted the notion that the player is seeing through the eye at the in-game character, and thus, seeing a situational variable affects aggressive cognitions (Anderson & Bushman, 2002).

This led to a hypothesis that violent video games tend to influence behavior. First, violent games influence behavior by promotions aggressive beliefs and attitudes. Second, violent games desensitize the individuals to aggression.

Further studies elucidate more understanding of the issue, ‘revealing’ that exposure to violent media will reinforce and increase aggressive cognitions, affects and arousal when combined with aggressions prevalent during adolescence. This interaction has a negative effect on the person’s internal state, leading to increased aggression.” (Chambers, J.H., & Ascione, F.R. 1987)

References
Anderson, C.A., & Bushman, B.J. (2002). Human aggression. Annual Review of Psychology, 52, 27-51. Retrieved September 28, 2008, from
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Chambers, J.H., & Ascione, F.R. (1987). The effects of prosocial and aggressive videogames in children’s donating and helping. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 148, 499-505.

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