Dr Malic Has Conducted a Number of Experiments to Assess

question 53

Essay

Dr. Malic has conducted a number of experiments to assess whether playing violent video games makes people become more aggressive. He assigns men to play very violent games for an hour a week, and women to play very violent games for three hours a week. After a month, he assesses how aggressively they behave in a frustrating situation. He has replicated this study using the same sample of Buddhist monks and nuns twelve times. Identify the major threat to internal validity and to external validity.

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Definitions:

Mental Disorders

Health conditions characterized by alterations in thinking, mood, or behavior associated with distress or impaired functioning.

DSM-5

The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, a standardized classification of mental health conditions published by the American Psychiatric Association.

Mental Disorders

A wide range of conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior, often causing distress and difficulty in functioning.

Durham Rule

A legal standard for determining insanity, stating that an accused is not criminally responsible if the unlawful act was the product of mental disease or defect.