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Old February 20th, 2008
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Default Re: Lt. Col Dave Grossman's Bullet-Proofing the Mind

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Originally Posted by Geol22 View Post
This is the only issue that I have with this. It sounds as if he is subscribing to the Jack Thompson model of shootings: the EVIL VIDEOGAMES ARE DESTROYING THE YOUTH.
But he does qualify it and warns people not to look at a single cause for violence.
People do learn through modeling and reinforcement and even vicarious reinforcement- Bandura did lots of studies on that. It can be one factor in reinforcing attitudes that support violence.
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