The table shows three findings from Cooper and Mackie's (1986) study.
| Comparison | Finding |
|---|---|
| Game conditions | Children in the aggressive game condition spent more time with the aggressive toy than children in the other two conditions. |
| Game conditions | The type of game had no effect on how long children held down the buzzer. |
| Playing and watching | Children held down the buzzer for longer after playing than after watching. |
Student A concludes that exposure to the aggressive game influenced children's later play.
Student B concludes that the aggressive content of the game made children punish another child more severely.
Explain which student's conclusion is better supported. Use all three findings in your answer.
135 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 1.2 Theories/Explanations of why criminal/anti-social behaviour occurs, covering 1.2.1 SLT: identification with role models, 1.2.2 SLT: observation and imitation, 1.2.3 SLT: vicarious reinforcement, 1.2.4 SLT: direct reinforcement and internalisation; criticisms, 1.2.5 SLT research study: Cooper and Mackie (1986), 1.2.6 Eysenck's Criminal Personality Theory, 1.2.7 CNS, arousal and criminal personality, 1.2.8 Brain function, synapses and dopamine in psychoticism, 1.2.9 Dopamine reward, RAS and cortex in extroversion, 1.2.10 Autonomic nervous and limbic system in neuroticism, 1.2.11 Early socialisation and conditioning; criticisms, and 1.2.12 Criminal Personality research study: Heaven (1996). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.