Question

he catharsis hypothesis suggests that people feel better if they vent their emotions by "blowing off steam." However, playing violent video games seems to increase aggressive thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. These findings seem to____________.A. contradict the catharsis hypothesis.B. confirm the catharsis hypothesis.C. suggest that playing violent video games is a good way to deal with emotions.D. have no relationship to the catharsis hypothesis.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Have no relationship to the catharsis hypothesis.

Explanation:

The catharsis hypothesis suggests that people feel better when they vent their emotions by, for example, playing video games. Now, there are findings that show an increase of aggressive thoughts when playing video games which is a consequence of playing them. But it has no relation because, first, not always you play games to vent. Sometimes you just enjoy them. They may or may not be violent. And second, because you may vent your problems anyways, but have increasing violent thoughts (which is not always true as well) which would also mean that it's a following state of mind.