These social benefits of playing video games are greatest when players play games specifically designed to reward pro-social behaviors such as effective cooperation, support, and helping other players. Video Games Designed Specifically for Social Skills She goes on to state that "iven these immersive social contexts, we propose that gamers are rapidly learning social skills and pro-social behavior that might generalize to their peer and family relations outside the gaming environment." There is evidence that social skills players learn within social online video game environments translate to their real-world interactions (Granic et al. According to Isabela Granic in the journal American Psychologist, "n these virtual social communities, decisions need to be made on the fly about whom to trust, whom to reject, and how to most effectively lead a group." Essentially, players need to make snap social judgments while playing these types of social games if they hope to do well in the game.
In particular, massively multiplayer online role-playing games (or "MMORPGs"), such as World of Warcraft, and social networking games, such as FarmVille, may improve players' social skills and encourage pro-social behaviors. Online multiplayer games can also help players to improve their social skills. How Multiplayer Games Boost Social Skills
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