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Re: Bad software makes people aggressive

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Sorry I'm not too eduma-cated. Player perceived competence?

Is it basically saying that getting frustrated can lead to aggressive 
thoughts?



tdk wrote:

> 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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