PACE Week 4

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What is the estimated number of acts of violence US children have witnessed on TV alone by the age of 18?

100,000 acts of violence

400,000 acts of violence

300,000 acts of violence

200,000 acts of violence (correct)

What is the primary focus of the three streams of psychology research mentioned?

Is there an effect, aggressive behavior, and media effects

Is there an effect, psychological mechanisms, and remediation (correct)

Is there an effect, long-term effects, and short-term effects

Is there an effect, risk factors, and protective factors

What do the American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics state about the relationship between violent video games and aggressive behavior in children and adolescents?

The relationship between violent video games and aggressive behavior is inconclusive

Violent video games are causally related to later aggressive behavior (correct)

There is no clear link between violent video games and aggressive behavior

Violent video games have no impact on aggressive behavior

What are the well-researched effects of violent media mentioned in the text?

Increases in aggressive thoughts, feelings, and behavior Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the subtle long-term changes to thinking due to exposure to violent media?

Hostile attributional bias, increase in normative beliefs approving aggression, and aggressive problem solving scripts for behavior Signup and view all the answers

What does the risk factor approach mentioned in the text state about the contribution of media violence to aggressive behavior?

Media violence is one risk we can change Signup and view all the answers

In the 7-nation study by Anderson Warburton et al. 2017, what did the research focus on?

Risk factors in aggression Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the factors contributing to violent and fairly aggressive behavior?

Personality traits, type of family and peer environment, access to weapons, mental health issues Signup and view all the answers

What did the brain mapping study at the University of Texas involve?

Comparison of activation of violent and non-violent TV in children Signup and view all the answers

What part of the brain showed reduced involvement when children experienced violent media?

Prefrontal cortex Signup and view all the answers

Which part of the brain was found to be activated during the brain mapping study?

Limbic system Signup and view all the answers

Where were images of violence found to be stored in the brain?

Posterior cingulate Signup and view all the answers

What was the pattern of brain activation found in habitual players of violent games?

Active suppression of emotional response regions Signup and view all the answers

What did the study by Waite et al. in 1992 involve?

Measuring aggression in patients and removing MTV to measure changes Signup and view all the answers

What did the brain mapping study suggest about children's response to violent media?

More automatic responses and less thought through Signup and view all the answers

What did the brain mapping study indicate about memory storage of violent media?

Similar pattern to the storage of trauma memories in PTSD patients Signup and view all the answers

What did the brain mapping study reveal about emotion processing of seen screen violence?

Significantly more activation in the right hemisphere of the brain Signup and view all the answers

What did the brain mapping study suggest about the effects of violent media on children's neural networks?

More aggression-related concepts and scripts for behavior in neural network Signup and view all the answers

What did the study of psychological remediation by Waite et al. in 1992 find?

Significant reduction in aggression after removing MTV Signup and view all the answers

What did the brain mapping study suggest about the effects of violent media on children's cognitive abilities?

Reduction in key executive functions including attention and inhibitory control Signup and view all the answers