Video Games: Are they a Cause of Violence and Aggression? 1. Statistic – “In spite of the violence‚ the violent video games are also the more popular games on the market” (Paragraph 2) Anecdote – “On April 20‚ 1999‚ Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold launched an assault on Columbine High School in Littleton‚ Colorado‚ murdering 13 and wounding 23 before turning the guns on themselves. Although nothing is for certain as to why these boys did what they did‚ we do know that Harris and Klebold both
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Grades do not Reflect Intelligence As young adults we have been tested many times over the years‚ whether it be by a parent‚ friend or life itself however‚ the most common of tests we receive are from school. Growing up we were taught to believe that A meant smart and F meant dumb. Time and time again this caused distress in students who were very smart but declared dumb by the education system. Contrary‚ students who were receiving higher marks are not necessarily the most intelligent. Eventually
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playing violent video games do increase aggressive behavior in children and adults alike. My reasoning for this is unlike violent movies‚ violent video games require input from the player. By aggressive behavior‚ I am specifically talking about verbal and emotional behavior‚ not physical behavior because juvenile crime has decreased in the last decade since games were introduced. My theory on this is that the violent video games give the player to get physical aggression out in the game versus on someone
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Childhood Obesity: Video Games Not To Blame According to a 2006 American Obesity Association Study‚ approximately 30.3% of children (6-11 years) are overweight and 15.3% are obese. For teens (12-19 years) 33.4% are overweight and 15.5% obese. Who is planning on having children in the future? Who is planning on raising overweight or obese children? I bet if someone asked that question 20 years ago the response would be about the same; but in the last two decades the rate of overweight and obese
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Video Games Have Negative Effects Video games are addicting too many people around the world. These video games play a huge role in people’s lives‚ and today over 50% of all people play some type of video game. With this large amount of gamers‚ there are so many that are negatively impacted in numerous ways. Although there are few benefits with video games such as; educational purposes‚ improving social skills‚ and stress relief‚ there are more bad things including academic failure‚ social isolation
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Should Video Games be Banned? An ongoing argument where people think that video games should be banned. Should video games be banned? All of the arguments are repetitive and based on false belief‚ with very little real evidence. Some people think‚ ‘Violent video games should be banned because they influence the young minds of our generation and that they will bring cruelty and death among thee by doing indescribable acts of scandalous crime‚ thieving from innocent people and slaughtering their
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Why Video Games Can Be Educational‚ by You Over the years video games have been proven to increase addiction to staying inside‚ along with increased aggression‚ and various medical and psychosocial effects. However there are many positive aspects to playing video games. Research dating back to the early 1980s has consistently shown that playing computer games (of different genre) produces reductions in reaction times‚ improved hand-eye co-ordination and raises the player’s self-esteem. Let’s explore
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generation of teenagers violent video games such as “Halo” “Mortal Combat” and “Medal of Honor” all of which take gamers to a place where its okay and not only okay but encourged to kill. “Iowa State university reasearchers found that violent video games increased the likely hood of of aggression”(Oskin). These games make it hard for the gamer to distingush between reality and the game. While yes these games do have ratings many of them R‚ an adult has to buy it for their child therefore willingly knowing
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Violent Video games are not the problem and you know it. Should violent video games be banned? Many say that say they shouldn’t‚ these people include Christopher J. Ferguson‚ PhD‚ of Texas A&M International University‚ Patrick Markey‚ PhD and Kierkegaard. They are professionals who know what they are talking about. Therefore their opinion is quite relevant to the issue. There actual opinion is that‚ if anything‚ violent video games reduce violence in the real world because they let out their
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Researchers‚ parents and educators are all discussing the controversy around violent video games and their influence on kids. The audience seems to be divided into two large groups: one is in favor of restricting or even banning violent video games as they make children (and‚ arguably‚ adults as well) more prone to aggressive behavior‚ like that seen on the screen. Opponents of this view claim that video games do not cause violent behavior in real life and are‚ in fact‚ a safe outlet to natural aggression
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