Video Games and Child Violence

Writing Assignment #1

Creativity is important in today’s society and researchers try to figure out how and why in this correlational study. The objective for this project was to figure out if there was a connection between the use of technologies and the link it has with a child’s creativity. Video games, the internet, computers, and cell phones were the few variables that were being tested. Surprisingly, video games were the only one of them to show any correlation. In this study, researchers acquired 491 children to participate and also their parents in some parts to help for additional information to benefit their research. The most reliable and trusted test used for this study was The Torrance Test of Creativity, created by psychologist J.P. Guilford. Since a correlational study does not have a cause and effect, there cannot be an independent and dependent variable. Therefore, the researchers used two variables and applied both to see how one associated with the other. The variables that were used were forms of technology (i.e. video games, internet, computer, and cell phones) and the idea that the child will enhance their creative skills. The first was to measure the fertility and creativeness of the child, trying to limit the use of the “little g”. The children were shown a picture of an egg then asked to add on to the photo and create a story. Similarly, the second incentive did not require any type of writing, but actually interpreting. The children were shown a picture of an elf-like figure standing in front of a pond of water staring at the reflection. Then, they were questioned to visualize the picture and ask questions or make comments about the picture as long as it could not be answered by just looking at the photo. Finally, they were told to predict the aftermath of the picture. In the second part of the study, the kids were asked to indicate the amount of time they used technology from a scale from (1-7). Afterward was where the socio economic...