The Physiological Effects of Cartoons Blood Scenes on the Youngsters in Romania

This study emphasizes the fact that violence and aggressiveness from certain cartoons is perceived and processed at an unconscious level. The participants were 74 students at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Science, Bucharest University, aged between 18 and 21 years (m = 19.1, S.D. = 0.57). The Instruments were the Polygraph Lafayette LX 4000 Series and high rated violent cartoons with blood scenes and scenes from a slapstick film.Therefore, according to the results obtained for the GSR reactivity (amplitude and return time) during the exposure of the violent d consequently the unconscious GSR for the experimental situations they have perceived as being happy and enjoyable is triggered by the participants.