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Bad software makes people aggressive

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A paper in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests games that 
make the player feel stupid also make them aggressive. 

As coauthor Richard Ryan, a motivational psychologist at the University of Rochester 
said �When people feel they have no control over the outcome of a game, that leads 
to aggression,� he explains. �We saw that in our experiments. If you press someone�s 
competencies, they�ll become more aggressive, and our effects held up whether the 
games were violent or not.� 


> Seven studies, using multiple methods to manipulate player competence and a range 
> of approaches for evaluating aggression, indicated that competence-impeding play 
> led to higher levels of aggressive feelings, easier access to aggressive thoughts, 
> and a greater likelihood of enacting aggressive behavior. Results indicated that 
> player perceived competence was positively related to gaming motivation, a factor 
> that was, in turn, negatively associated with player aggression. Overall, this pattern 
> of effects was found to be independent of the presence or absence of violent game 
> contents. 

http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/psp/106/3/441/ 
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Bad software makes people aggressive "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-09 07:31 -0500
  Re: Bad software makes people aggressive "tdk" <forum.tdk@squte.com> - 2014-04-09 07:34 -0500
  Re: Bad software makes people aggressive john <nospam@no.net> - 2014-04-09 13:57 -0800
    Re: Bad software makes people aggressive RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-04-10 09:33 +0000

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