Aggression

Aggression Aggression: The Effects of Television Violence on Childhood Aggression3e There is a great deal of speculation on the effect television plays in childhood aggression. Two contrasting views regarding this issue are violent television increases aggressive behavior and violent television does not increase aggressive behavior. Later research demonstrates there may be other intervening variables causing aggression. These include IQ, social class, parental punishment, and parental aggression, hereditary, environmental, and modeling. With all of these factors to take into consideration it is difficult to determine a causal relationship between violent television and aggression. It is my hypothesis this relationship is bi-directional. I feel violent television causes aggressive behavior and aggressive people tend to watch more violent television Over the years there has been a large amount of research published, many with conflicting results, to the question of a causal link existing between the viewing of televised violence and childhood aggression. It is an important question because if violent television is linked to childhood aggression we need to adapt our television shows accordingly. Early 1960\'s Research There is earlier research, but the first association between violent television and aggression was in the early 1960\'s when Albert Bandura began researching his aggression, television, aggressive, behavior, violence, violent, children, one, viewing, subjects, study, singer, research, between, results, models, view, kaplan, several, model, increases, film, another, theory, televised, question, imitative, factors, et, eron, cause, bandura, al, 1976, variables