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2.1: Preludio a la investigación psicológica

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    Objetivos de aprendizaje

    • Conocer la importancia de la investigación
    Los niños se sientan frente a un banco de pantallas de televisión. Un letrero en la pared dice: “Algún contenido puede no ser adecuado para niños”.
    Figura\(\PageIndex{1}\): ¿Cómo impacta el contenido televisivo en el comportamiento de los niños? (crédito: modificación de obra por “antisocialtory” /Flickr)

    ¿Alguna vez te has preguntado si la violencia que ves en televisión afecta tu comportamiento? ¿Es más probable que te comportes agresivamente en la vida real después de ver a la gente comportarse violentamente en situaciones dramáticas en la pantalla? O, ¿podría ver la violencia ficticia realmente sacar la agresión de tu sistema, haciendo que seas más pacífico? ¿Cómo son los niños influenciados por los medios de comunicación a los que están expuestos? Un psicólogo interesado en la relación entre el comportamiento y la exposición a imágenes violentas podría hacer estas mismas preguntas.

    El tema de la violencia en los medios de comunicación hoy es polémico. Desde la antigüedad, los humanos se han preocupado por los efectos de las nuevas tecnologías en nuestros comportamientos y procesos de pensamiento. Al filósofo griego Sócrates, por ejemplo, le preocupaba que la escritura —una nueva tecnología en ese momento— disminuyera la capacidad de la gente para recordar porque podían confiar en registros escritos en lugar de comprometer información a la memoria. En nuestro mundo de tecnologías que cambian rápidamente, siguen surgiendo preguntas sobre los efectos de los medios de comunicación. Muchos de nosotros nos encontramos con una fuerte opinión sobre estos temas, sólo para encontrar a la persona a nuestro lado erizada con la visión opuesta.

    ¿Cómo podemos ir para encontrar respuestas que no estén respaldadas por la mera opinión, sino por pruebas en las que todos podamos estar de acuerdo? Los hallazgos de la investigación psicológica pueden ayudarnos a navegar temas como este.

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