Media violence is defined as "visual portrayals of physical aggression" by an individual against another in media, including television, movies, music, and video games (Huesmann &Taylor;, 2006). ... When the children finally got a chance to play with the same toy, they overwhelmingly tended to imitate the model they had viewed and the way the model was acting towards the toy (Bandura, et al., 1961) It is important to note this study focused exclusively on children, who are generally thought to be more impressionable in their behavior than adults. ... The participants' demonstr...

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They studied the aggression trait in every student and then asked them to report their recent aggressive behavior. ... The findings showed that the students who played more violent video games had a more stronger aggression trait and had more aggressive behavior in general. ... In the short run, playing a violent video game appears to affect aggression by priming aggressive thoughts." ... Also according to the NCTV, 75% of research studies done on violence and video games show that violent video games have a negative effect on children in how they control their anger and aggression. ... If the...

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Aggression and violence can be understood as coercive processes that reflect the aggressor's intentional decision to use force against the spouse, and the decision to punish or retaliate against the spouse for perceived disobedience (Klein, 1998). ... Therefore, attributing alcohol's effects on marital aggression to disinhibiton, understates the complexity of the relationship (Jasinski, 1998 p.21). ... With the Power Theory however, aggression emerges from the frustration over the inability to control the female partner. ...

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Both media violence through television and through video games have been shown to have increased aggression in people, mainly children (Pozios, Kambam, and Bender 2013 and Procon 2014). ... The study by Ferguson and Olson (2014) did an intensive study on the aggression and delinquency in videogames with youths already problematic symptoms and found that, "violent video games were associated with neither delinquent criminality nor bullying behaviors in children with either clinically elevated depressive or attention deficit symptoms" (p.132). ... The idea of the study, which tested ...

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In Snow White, the wicked queen told her hunter to take her stepdaughter into the woods and cut out her heart because she was more beautiful than her. Even Mother Goose's in "Old Woman in the Shoe" whipped her children soundly and sent them to bed without any bread (Straus, Gelles & Steinmetz, 1980). American homes during the colonial days already practiced the harsh punishment for children. Inconsiderate discipline and physical punishment were normally accomplished for the purpose of instructing children. To drive the devil out from their child, they spank them. ...

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As Ray states, 'if there is an underlying biological tendency towards masculine violence, this should manifest similarly in different cultures and places, which it does not' (2011:85). ... Towards the older ages of 16-25, this is where men are experiencing new things in their life; perhaps using drugs, or other aggressive types of risk taking. ... Many social theories contribute towards the understanding of why violence appears to be associated with masculinity. ... Bandura argued that aggression is learned, through a 'behaviour modelling process. ... Experiments such as this ...

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Clearly, society does not consider women to be beings who's only purpose in life is to worry about make-up and skin care; but why are the complaints only directed towards pornographic media then? ... It is tempting to believe that media influences males and overstimulates them through pornography to the point that they become aggressive towards females. ...

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Clearly, society does not consider women to be beings who's only purpose in life is to worry about make-up and skin care; but why are the complaints only directed towards pornographic media then? ... It is tempting to believe that media influences males and overstimulates them through pornography to the point that they become aggressive towards females. ...

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The problem of battered women has only come into the limelight in the past few years, its progression toward public awareness paralleling the growth of the women's movement. Historically, there has never been any public outcry against the brutality of battered women. But now we are learning the pr...

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