Monday, 19 October 2009

Reflection on my Mind Map - Hypothesis/Question

Firstly, I decided to choose "Video Games and Violence" as my topic of study for this module because I felt it fitted in best with the course which I am studying and the subject path I wish to follow (Computer Games Development).

Upon the creation of my mind map, I have decided that the question which will form the title of my research paper will be:

Is There A Link Between Video Games and Violent Behaviour in Society?
I feel that, using this question, I will be able to conduct more generalised research into the behavioural effects on children, adolescents and adults, as opposed to the more specific research I would need to carry out if I was researching the effects on children only.  It will be easier to find the information I need, meaning I will have more research to support my findings. The aim of my paper will be to determine which out of the 2 hypothesises that I included on my mind map are true:
Violence in video games is responsible for antisocial behaviour
OR
Violence in video games has no impact on the player's behaviour
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3 comments:

  1. Jo Bowman22 October 2009 at 21:50

    Your mind map is really good, and is a useful visual reference for you to follow. Your formulated question is a good one, but you only need to have one hypothesis - remember you will have to prove your hypothesis right or incorrrect, so you do not want to have two, this will over complicate your essay.
    You now have completed the PDP element of this module and have gained 10%.

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  2. Danielle Smith23 October 2009 at 04:07

    Ok thanks for the advice Jo :)

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  3. Stefan Hubrich28 October 2009 at 04:26

    Technically, Jo, one could argue that they are two sides of the same hypothesis, or hypothesis concept.

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