Science Outline

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Carlos Taurisano Lucas Prieto Grade 7 Period
A 23/03/2006 Mrs.Priscila
EAB
Science Outline
The Effect of Violent Games on the Behavior of
People.
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Abstract

• The purpose of this experiment is to see how
  people react/act differently to various types of
  computer/video games.
• If the two volunteers play violent, killing games
  and keep getting killed/defeated then they will
  get mad and angry. If they play calm, strategy
  games then it will keep them emotionally
  balanced.
• Our experiment consists of two volunteers (Leo
  Bruno), which will participate in our experiment
  and we (Lucas and I) which will record their
  behavior. Their behavior will be recorded every
  ten minutes for three hours.
• The type of experiment we are doing is a
  Research/Field Test.
• The data will be recorded on the date of
  25/3/2006 and 26/3/2006, we will then go to Red
  Shot and pay three hours of gameplay. We will
  also buy ten salgadinhos and ten drinks of
  their choice. Then we will be observing how the
  volunteers act when they lose a match, when they
  are interrupted, the way they eat, and how they
  talk to others during each type of game.

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• The purpose of this experiment is to see how
  peoples behavior can change depending on the
  different types of games they play.

Purpose
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• Our hypothesis is that each game will affect the
  behavior of the volunteers in a different way.
  ¹If they play Counter-Strike then they will
  probably be angry when interrupted they will eat
  fiercely swear and talk back.²If they play Total
  Overdose then they will probably be thinking most
  of the time and will get mad when interrupted.³If
  they play Burnout Revenge then they will probably
  be totally focused in taking out opponents and
  winning and will not stop playing before the
  race/challenge ends.(4) If they play Naruto
  Narutimate Hero 3 then they will probably be
  focused on damaging their opponents and will not
  stop until the fight ends.

Hypothesis
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Materials

• Twenty salgadinhos
• twenty cans of soda
• Burnout Revenge (Game)
• Naruto Narutimate Hero 3
• Counter-Strike (Game)
• Total Overdose (Game)
• Playstation 2
• Computers
• Money
• Volunteers
• Pen/Pencil

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Procedure/Methodology

• ¹We will contact the volunteers and their parents
  and ask if they are allowed to go to Red Shot and
  sleep over at my house.
• ²Right after this we will go to Red Shot and buy
  salgadinhos and sodas. We will pay 3 hours of
  games and observe and record their behaviors and
  reactions.
• ³Then we will go over to Carloss house nad we
  will get them more food and let them play in my
  Playstation for 2 hours. Then they will sleep at
  Carloss house and we will put together notes and
  observations for the Science Fair.

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Background

• Research says that people who play violent games
  are usually more aggressive. A team from the
  Missouri University monitored the brains of 39
  people and proved that this hypothesis is
  correct. Research says that most of the violent
  games have greater effects on smaller children
  (8-14 yrs.) than they would affect older ones (18
  yrs. Or more). People who play usually say
  Dont bother me! or Go away! or may even
  ignore you. This research relates to our
  experiment because we are also testing two
  peoples behavior during gameplay. They are also
  playing violent games (as in research) and we
  will observe how they act during the game.