Conclusion for the little change? | Children were a close knit community, they knew each other and they didn't want the staff to see thme break the good behaviour. They needed to be good because everyone knows and watches. |
What was the aim ? | To investigate the impact of television on the social behaviour of young children. |
What was the sample? | Random smaple children between ages of 3-8
160 childen. |
What was the procedure? | Behaviour of children were recorded 4 months before TV
Repeated from year 1944 and 2000 |
How would the data of the video coded? | Using 8 selected items of prosocial and antisocial behaviours on the POBS (playground behaviour observation scale). Inter-code reliablity was used. |
How much data did the they get after the TV was introduced? | 8, 30 mintues time frames. 64 times. |
What did they see with the results? | 2 showed a decrease in antisocial behaviour
5 showed a decrease in prosocial behaviour
2 showed an increase in prosocial behaviour |
Differences between genders? | Boys committing 4 times more anti-social acts. But pro-social behaviour took place twice as much throughout anyway. |
Conclusion for the little change? | Children were a close knit community, they knew each other and they didn't want the staff to see thme break the good behaviour. They needed to be good because everyone knows and watches. |