After studying this chapter you should be able to:Discuss how portrayals of violence in different media may affect human behaviourDescribe a key piece of research by Albert Bandura and colleagues into

After studying this chapter you should be able to:Discuss how portrayals of violence in different media may affect human behaviourDescribe a key piece of research by Albert Bandura and colleagues into children’s imitation of violent actsOutline why findings of associations between events and behaviour do not provide conclusive evidence of cause-and-effect relationshipsOutline how and why experiments can identify causes of behaviourSummarise the findings of psychological research into the topic of media violence and behaviourOutline the policies designed to protect children from negative effects of screen violence.