Literature review

Literature review

There seems to ne alot of speculation as to whether violent video games is connected to the increase in a individuals aggression levels.

Anderson and Dill (2000) propose that “exposure to violent video games can increase aggressive behaviour”. To create this hypothesis they conducted two studies to show the effects of violent video games in real life and in laboratory scenarios. From these studies they concluded that playing the violent games over a number of years can increase aggression in real life, and that playing against someone else can also increase aggressive behaviour. This conclusion is supported by Amanda Schaffer (2007) as she states that by playing a game for year is likely to make the player more aggressive than when they started.

Amanda also points out in her article that Anderson also says that the violent games may also encourage players “to rehearse aggressive solutions to conflict” as these processes have become available to them. Gee (2003) claims that violence and video has been exaggerated as he says that wars are shown on television. Bandura’s Social learning theory (1966) claims that aggression is learned through the observation of others and copying their actions, this theory supports both Anderson’s point and Gee’s saying that people may observe anybodies actions and want to repeat whether they are on the TV or in a video game.

On the other hand Simon Hill (2009) states that multiplayer online games are a “escape from reality” he also says however that some people get into their game characters so much that it can seep in to society.

References

Books

Gee, J. 2003 “What video games have to teach us about learning and literacy”

James, R. Wiggins – James N. Thompson G. 2006 “A2 PE for AQA”

Websites

Schaffer, A. 2009 “Don’t Shoot” [Internet]

http://www.slate.com/id/216405/ [28-10-09]

Hill, S. 2009 “When MMO drama causes real life violence” [Internet]

http://www.brighthub.com/video-games/mmo/articles/28809.aspx [28-10-09]

Holmes, L.2005 “violent video games produce violent behaviour” [Internet]

http://mentalhealth.about.com/cs/familyresources/a/videogameviolence.html [28-10-09]

Charlotte Hughes - SWOT Analysis

Below is my SWOT analysis which includes my strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats to being at University.

Strengths

• Good communication skills - Having these skills allows me to communicate well with my lecturers and with other people.
• Computer Literate - As I am taking a computing course it is necessary for me to work well on computers.
• Good listener - This skills helps when working in groups as I make sure that I listen to everybodie's point of view before making a decision on my own opinion. This skill also makes it easy for me to work well in a team and sometimes allows me to take the leader role in these groups.
• Time management/ Organised - Im very good at organising my time so that all tasks and assignments are in on time.

Weaknesses

• Confidence - If I am not sure what I am supposed to do in a task I tend to lose confidence in myself that I cannot complete the task.
• Writing essays or reports - I need to improve these skills. I do not think that my level of writing is at University standard.

Opportunities

• Make new friends - Being in Univeristy allows me to make new friends.
• To gain a Degree - Being at Anglia Ruskin Univeristy will allow to get a degree in Business Information Systems, which will open up career opportunities at the end of three years.

Threats

• Travelling - If i have problems with my car, such as it breaking down, then I will find it hard to get into Uni.
• Failure - If i do not put enough work into this course then i will fail which will result in me not getting the degree that I want and the career I long for.
• Computer - If my computer crashes then I will find it hard to complete work from home so will have to make more time to come into Uni to do it.

Charlotte Hughes - The Vark Questionnaire

The Vark Questionnaire determines what type of learner you are. When tallying up my answers to this questionnaire I found that my Learning type is a "Read/Write" learner, followed by a visual learner.

A "Read/Write" learner is quite self explanatory it means that the learner reads a lot and then writes down what he/she deems as necessary. I was quite shocked to find out that this was my learning style as being very interested in sport I would have thought that I was more of a visual learner, however looking back to when taking exams such as my GCSEs and A Levels I have always read through my notes over and over again and then either rewritten them or written out what I believe is necessary for what I need to know.

I do like this method of learning and will continue to this in the future.

Charlotte Hughes - My learning Line

I started my education in a Primary School called Burton Manor in Staffordshire, after being there for 3 years I then moved to a school called Burnham Country Primary School in a small town called Burnham-on-Crouch. After this I attended a Secondary School called St Peters High School which is also in Burnham-on -Crouch.Whilst at Secondary School I had the opportunities to learn many new skills, I learnt these through sport. I learnt to play Netball and Hockey; these allowed me to learn how to work well in a team. At secondary school I chose to take I.T, P.E and double science which are subjects I enjoyed and gained a lot of skills from.

I also got a part time job as a waitress in a local pub, this helped me to work well with the general public, and my patience was greatly improved.I then moved on to further my education at South East Essex College (SEEC) doing A Levels in Sport studies, ICT and Film studies. I also learnt to drive during this time. During my last year of College I joined a local netball team where I am now the Captain.

I am now a first year student at Anglia Ruskin University studying a Bsc Hons in Business Information Systems.