Gaming does not cause bad behaviour/violence

Anotações:

• -Gaming is a tool, the tool itself depends on the user like the Gun control/law

1. Therapeutic purposes

   Anotações:

   • - Therapy or healing illness
   1. - Neuroplasticity

      Anotações:

      • Brain's characteristic capacity to redesign and rebuild itself to make up for a hidden mind injury and to open new useful potential 
   2. -Repetition helps motor movement (for the people that has problems with motor)
      1. -Encourages movements (brain activity as well)
   3. -Motivation and reward system
      1. -Plot/leveling/new items
   4. -Encourages being social - decrease anxiety
   5. -Can manage emotions
2. Psychological view
   1. Genetics

      Anotações:

      • -These 3 types of genetics lead to aggression and violent behaviour, almost ALL gamers do not have these genetics 
      1. -The MAOA (2R) gene has been linked in many violent crime

         Anotações:

         • - Enzyme monoamine oxidase A, which is important for controlling the amount of dopamine and serotonin in the brain   
      2. -Two other Dopamine genes were linked to bad behaviour
      3. -Negative factors can shape genetics

         Anotações:

         • -Gamers have a "low" chance to have an aggression in real life due to shaping and environmental issues 
   2. Environmental Factors

      Anotações:

      • -These can cause violent behaviour, but with gaming, it gives entertainment and healing
      1. School
         1. -Failing Grades
         2. -No friends
         3. -Being bullied
      2. Family and Peers/Friends
         1. -No acceptance or not loved
         2. -Doing things out of character
            1. -Peer pressure
         3. -Abuse
   3. -Possibly already mental unstable from the beginning
   4. -STRESS is one the biggest factor
   5. -Self-Control
3. Catharsis/Correspondence to life

   Anotações:

   • Catharsis:  Purification of emotions or relieving of emotional tensions
   1. -Entertainment
   2. -Making new friends
   3. -Becoming more social
   4. -Escaping reality (when life is rough)
   5. -Relieve stress
   6. -Learning about history or new information
4. Studies/News

   Anotações:

   • Logic: If violent video games skyrocketed through sales, the crime rate would also go up, but instead the crime rate is decreased
   1. -Crime rate has been decreased to almost 40% (2014)
   2. -Violent video game sales have been rising and booming
      1. -More violent games are being made