Any Psychologist here?

I answered a question and earned a little, but asker didn't rate my answer, I wonder if my viewpoint is relevant?

the topic was movie violence in relation to classical conditioning,

A child exhibits a certain behavior like fear when presented a certain stimulus over and over again. The mind will be conditioned to respond to the stimulus when he experiences it repeatedly. Hence, behavior can be learned. A child might associate darkness as scary or dangerous after watching movies that depicts violence which always occurs at nighttime.

Hence the concepts made by psychologists imply that behavior can be learned and conditioned.

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MethDozer · M

Disagree. I think it is jusy the opposite. Children who are sheltered from dark themes tend to grow up to be the most fearful adults. They lacked developing coping with fear and dark concepts in hir formative years.

SW-User

@MethDozer you got a point there 🤔

Jackaloftheazuresand · 26-30, M

@MethDozer It's kind of both, the darkness must be measured. Too little and you get what you said, too much you break them. Sort of like allergies where exposure can trigger them but it can also make the reaction decrease

MethDozer · M

@Jackaloftheazuresand True. Very true. Yet we as a society are so far off from iver exposing them these days it isn't really evan worth discussing.