Editing Social learning theory (section)

=== Media violence ===
{{Main|Media violence research}}
Principles of social learning theory have been applied extensively to the study of media violence. Akers and Burgess hypothesized that observed or experienced positive rewards and lack of punishment for aggressive behaviors reinforces aggression. Many research studies and meta-analyses have discovered significant correlations between viewing violent television and aggression later in life and many have not, as well as playing violent video games and aggressive behaviors.<ref>{{cite journal |last = Anderson |first = C.A. |author2 = Bushman, B.J. |title = Effects of violent video games on aggressive behavior, aggressive cognition, aggressive affect, physiological arousal, and pro-social behavior: A meta-analytic review of the scientific literature |journal = Psychological Science |year = 2001 |volume = 12 |issue = 5 |pages = 353–359 |doi = 10.1111/1467-9280.00366 |pmid = 11554666 |s2cid = 14987425 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last = Paik |first = H. |author2 = Comstock, G. |title = The effects of television violence on antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis. |journal = Communication Research |year = 1994 |volume = 21 |issue = 4 |pages = 516–546 |doi = 10.1177/009365094021004004 |s2cid = 145694624 }}</ref> The role of observational learning has also been cited as an important factor in the rise of rating systems for TV, movies, and video games.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Okoye |first1=Chukwuemeka |last2=Obi-Nwosu |first2=Harry |date=2020 |title=OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING AND NATIONAL VALUE: THESIS OF BIG BROTHER NAIJA TV SHOW |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/348390304 |journal=British International Journal of Education and Social Sciences |volume=7 |issue=2 |via=Research Gate}}</ref>