GCSE Psychology 9-1

Psychology 9-1 GCSE -  6.2.2 - Charlton et al (2000) Children’s Playground Behaviour Across Five Years of Broadcast Television: A Naturalistic Study in a Remote Community: Aims -  To investigate the effect of the introduction of satellite TV on the aggressive behaviour of children. Procedures -  Conducted on 3-8 year olds who had not yet seen TV. aggressive behaviour was analysed before the study and then after. A schedule of pro-social and anti-social behaviour was kept. Results -  There were no significant differences in the results. The levels of anti-social behaviour were very low on first observation and remained this way throughout various viewings. The children displayed almost twice as much pro-social behaviour than anti-social behaviour both before and after the introduction of TV. Conclusion -  Exposure to more violent TV does not necessarily result in an increase in aggressive behaviour. Strengths -  ...