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Exposure
to
violent media
changes usual
restraints
Most people believe
violence
and
aggression
are
antisocial
so there’s strong
social
and
psychological
restraints against using
aggression
to
resolve conflicts
Violent
media gives aggressive behaviour
social approval
especially where effects on
victims
are
minimised
Usual
restraints
on
individuals
are
loosened
after
exposure
to
violent
media
What is disinhibition?
The
reduction
or
loss
of
inhibitions
, leading to behavior that is more
impulsive
or
uninhibited.
Disinhibition enhanced if aggression is
rewarded
computer
games often show
violence
being
rewarded
at the same time as its
consequences
are
minimised
or
justified
These rewards
strengthen
new
social norms
in the viewer
Research
support- A03
Berkowitz
and
Alioto
(
1973
)
found
people who saw a film showing
aggression
as vengeance gave more shocks to
a
confederate
Media
violence
may
disinhibited
aggression if presented as
justified
/
socially acceptable
E.g.
vengeance
Demonstrated the link between removal of
social constraints
and subsequent
aggressive
behaviour
Disinhibition can explain cartoon violence- A03
Children don’t learn specific
aggressive
behaviours from
cartoon models
e.g head spinning around
They learn that agression is acceptable (socially normative)
especially if it’s unpunished
So disinhibition explains how cartoon aggression can lead to aggression in those who observe it
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