# Balloons: aggression and destruction games

Demostrates a projective technique for the study of aggression and destruction in young children, showing how differently two children between four and five years of age from similar backgrounds respond to invitations to break balloons. Shows one child's rigid morality and strong resistance to his own destructive impulses in contrast with the other's easygoing, happy-go-lucky approach, with its casual acceptance of destruction Search Educational Film Journals at Media History Project for references to this film Summary Shows how differently two children, of similar age and background, respond to a series of invitations to break./illoons. One is morally rigid and resists his destructive impulses while the other is happy - go - lucky and casually accepts destruction.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1941
- Runtime: 17 min
- By: Vassar College. Department of Child Study, New York University. Film Library
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/balloonsaggressionanddestructiongames)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Little Ones profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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