Power Hour Project 2017

Essential Question

Positive Impacts

How do Video Games Affect Children Mentally?

Other Facts About Video Games

Video Games-a game played by electronically manipulating images produced by a computer program on a television screen or other display screen.

• Positive impacts outweigh the negative, but more people hear about the negative impacts instead.
• Some Positive effects are family closeness, higher involvement in activities, greater attachment to school, and positive mental health.
• It also can improve helping behaviors depending on if a child is playing a game where you help others. It can also promote sharing, cooperation, teamwork, and empathy for others if you are playing with other people online.
• Video games are also an initiative activity which means that it helps children become more resourceful, self-motivation-stronger creativity and imaginative ideas, strategy, and planning.
• Video games can also help people persevere because if you lose at something, it helps you to keep trying and to pursue to win.
• Problem-solving games help players to think logically and improve one's ability to solve real world problems.
• Playing video games are a good stress reliever and are a good distraction from worries.
• Playing games that involve aiming or shooting, can promote a player's vision, hand-eye coordination, and sensitivity of vision

• 97% of all teens and children play video games today
• The domestic video game industry brings in $12 billion a year
• Games that are pro social, where you help people and are rewarded, the results are children showing more helpfulness in their daily lives
• Positive effects outweigh the bad
• Games give a more realistic virtual playing experience
• Playing games improves the skill to be able to move your hands quickly with purpose
• Helps to bring children together and entertain themselves

The Different Types of Game Ratings

Citations

• EC (Early Childhood)-Games for ages 3 and up
• E (Everyone)-Games for ages 6 and up (Little violence and comic mischief)
• T (Teens)-Games for ages 13 and up (More Violent than E and sometimes has strong language)
• M (Mature)-Games for 17 and up (For adults, intense violence, strong language, and mature sexual themes)
• AO (Adults Only)-Games for adults only (Has intense violence, intense sexual themes, and are not intended for under 18)
• RP (Rating Pending)-Games that have their rating still being decided.

Negative Impacts

• http://www.aap.org/en-us/about-the-aap/aap-press-room/pages/Video-Gaming-Can-Lead-to-Mental-Health-Problem.aspx
• http://www.pamf.org/parenting-teens/general/media-web/videogames.html
• http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2014/08/08/33885459/playing-video-games-can-help-or-hurt-depending-on-who-you-ask
• http://www.buzzle.com/articles/positive-effects-of-video-games.html
• http://www.rootsofaction.comm/video-games-for-kids-more-good-than-bad-for-development/

A conflict that is going on currently, is parents are buying their children games that are E for Everyone, T for Teens, and M for Mature, which can be the cause for aggressive behavior for younger children because they are playing games not meant for their age.

• Can cause addiction to playing the game
• Can cause depression and poor grades
• Children who play with a low social competence, and greater impulsiveness have a higher risk of becoming a pathological gamer and a pathological gamer is someone who is involved and addicted to the action of playing video games and can be the only thing they want to do. A pathological gamer can be that way because they are susceptible to a physical or mental disease
• Some other outcomes are lack of focus, depression, anxiety, social phobias(the fear to hang out snd be involved with other people)
• Violent games cause teens to have more of an aggressive behavior.
• More popular games nowadays tend to be violent games.

Power Hour Project 2017

By Ty Farrington