13D

1. SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES
OF AGGRESSION
AGGRESSION IN THE MEDIA
DEBATE OF LINKS BETWEEN VIOLENCE AND MEDIA
EVALUATION OF RESEARCH INTO THIS FIELD
EXAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS
REVISION TECHNIQUES

2. KEEP THE CONVERSATION GOING…!
• SLT
• Behaviour
• Direct
• Vicarious
• Koala Bear
• Repeat
• 1963
• Adult
• Doll
• Frustrated
• Water pistol
• Boys
• 1965
• Custard Creams
• Punish
• Media
• Lab
• Ethical Guidelines

6. YES…
VIOLENT MEDIA DOES CAUSE INCREASED
AGGRESSION
Eron (1972)
Aim: To see the effects of watching violence in the media
on aggressive behaviour

7. ERON (1972)
Procedure:
• Sampled 427 male and female 8 – 9 year olds (3rd grade)
• Established a baseline for each child so they asked how aggressive the
child was to the participant, their peers, their mother and their father
• Discovered which 3 TV programmes were the participant’s favourite and
rated these programmes for violence
• A follow up study when the child was in 13th grade was completed and
each participant was asked to rate their own level of aggression and
their peer group was also questioned

8. ERON (1972)
• Results: They found a positive correlation between amount of violent media watched and levels of
aggressive behaviour

9. ERON (1972) EVALUATION…

10. ERON (1972) EVALUATION…

11. ERON (1972) EVALUATION…

12. ERON (1972) EVALUATION…

13. NO…
VIOLENT MEDIA DOES NOT CAUSE INCREASED AGGRESSION
Charlton et al (2000)
EP – Pg. 77

14. CHARLTON ET AL (2000) QUIZ…
• 1. Which year did Charlton and colleagues begin collecting data for this study?
• 2. What experimental design did Charlton use in their study?
• 3. What was their independent variable (IV)?
• 4. What was their dependent variable (DV)?
• 5. How was child behaviour monitored in the study?
• 6. What results did Charlton et al obtain?
• 7. What was the conclusion drawn from Charlton’s study?
• 8. What are 3 evaluative points (positive or negative) for this study? (3 marks)

15. CHARLTON ET AL (2000) EVALUATION
• “It’s difficult to behave antisocially because everybody watches you,
everybody knows you, you just got to behave”
• Quote from a child observed in Charlton’s study

16. EXAM PREP…
• Outline and Evaluate one social psychological explanation
of aggression.
(4+8 marks)