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== Empathy & Altruism == |
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Empathy and altruism are not easily addressable in computer simulations because the user is aware that the situation isn't real and there is no need for either. |
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Rational skills and dispositions related to empathy and altruism, however, can be trained by computer games and simulations. |
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An example for a context that allows to train rational skills and dispositions is [[citizenship education]]. |
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== Feeling of success == |
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While computer games (especially violent games) are sometimes attributed to cause aggression the much more relevant observation appears to be that computer games may deny certain perceptions and may exaggerate others, without causing the player to rationalize the in-game behavior to be sensible behavior (that may become a side issue of |
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future games with even more realism). |
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* Computer games can reward the player with a feeling of success that is more interesting and easier to accomplish than many other tasks, including learning and possibly even interest-driven learning. |
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* Computer games can suppress socialization through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_learning social learning]. The in-game behavior of players is often unsuitable to allow any form of socialization. |
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[[Category:Psychology]] |
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[[Category:Technological impact assessment]] |
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