Childhood & Video Games

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=140 BGCOLOR="#9966CC" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="04100a20ezthtv.gif"> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Psychology Network"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     |     </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Papyrus" ><I><B>King's Psychology Network</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons, Case Studies Handouts"><U>Lessons, Case Studies & Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id155.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Handouts"><U> Handouts</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id171.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Debate Guidelines"><U>Debate Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id209.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Examination 1Psy 230 "><U>Examination 1-Psy 230 </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id266.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jean Piaget"><U>Jean Piaget</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Genetics, Conception Prenatal Developme"><U>Genetics, Conception & Prenatal Development: Discussion Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id187.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Prenatal Development: Fetal Brain Develo"><U>Prenatal Development: Fetal Brain Development</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id128.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Infancy Toddlerhood: Discussion Guidel"><U>Infancy & Toddlerhood:  Discussion Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id270.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Maternal Employment Infant Development"><U>Maternal Employment &  Infant Development</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id203.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="My Toddler Friend Cael"><U>My Toddler Friend Cael</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id173.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ChildhoodHistorical Perspectives"><U>Childhood-Historical Perspectives</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id174.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childhood Play"><U>Childhood Play</U></A>   |   <B>Childhood & Video Games</B>   |   <A HREF="id129.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Childhood: Discussion Guidelines"><U>Childhood: Discussion Guidelines</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id218.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Indigo Children Adults"><U>Indigo Children & Adults</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id183.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="AdolescenceOverview, History, Theories"><U>Adolescence-Overview, History, Theories</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id185.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Adolescence: Can We Do Without It?"><U>Adolescence: Can We Do Without It?</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id163.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Young Man Luther"><U>Young Man Luther</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mature Adulthood: My Friend Phyllis"><U>Mature Adulthood: My Friend Phyllis</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mature Adulthood: My Friend Bob"><U>Mature Adulthood: My Friend Bob</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id223.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Centenarians"><U>Centenarians</U></A></div> <div> <B>Childhood & Video Games</B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="id313.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course SyllabusPSY 430UB"><U><I>Course Syllabus-Psy 430</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id264.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Course SyllabusPSY 230"><U><I>Course Syllabus-PSY 230</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id103.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lessons, Case Studies Handouts"><U><I>Lessons, Case Studies & Handouts</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Learning Links"><U><I>Related Learning Links</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id238.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Related Readings"><U><I>Related Readings</I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id104.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Discussion ForumPsy 230"><U><I>Discussion Forum</I></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=340 BGCOLOR="#CCFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>Development in the Information Age:  The Effect of Video Games</B></I></div> <bR> <div> Video games are one of the many tools industrialized societies use to teach children the technological and intellectual skills they will need as adults.  Several studies suggest that playing video games fosters good spatial cognition skills, and that video-game playing has a particularly marked effect on mental rotation ability.  This is the dimension on which boys and girls differ the most.  It is reported that success on spatial cognition tasks, especially mental rotation problems, is related to math achievement. This is a highly valued set of skills in the industrialized world.  </div> <bR> <div> If this is the only issue at stake in children's development of spatial cognition skills, then it is reported that teachers and parents should be encouraged by the large numbers of children who regularly play video games.  Further it is suggested that to decrease the sex difference in spatial cognition abilities, educators and parents should be trying to get more girls interested in playing video games.  </div> <bR> <div> However, on the other side, there is a growing body of literature raising concerns about the violent content of some video games.  It is reported in this literature that violent video games has  detrimental effects on children's behavior and development in so many ways. Therefore, is the gain in spatial cognition skills worth the cost of exposing children to the very realistic portrayals of violence found in many video games?</div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>