Toni MultiPlayer Games

Directions: You should present a cogent argument based on your critical analysis of the questions posed, using appropriate psychological terminology. It is not enough to answer a question by merely listing facts or providing definitions only.

Toni does research on multi-player video games. She believes that people who play more aggressive video games tend to get more speeding tickets while driving. She proposes a correlational study to examine this belief.

• Describe the predicted relationship between the variables of this study.

•Explain why random selection would or would not be important to this study.

• Provide a valid operational definition of "aggressive video games in this study.

• Provide a specific example of how the third variable problem" could affect this study.

• Explain why an experimental version of this study might not be ethical.

• Explain how observational learning might relate to how people play a new video game.