The influence of playing computer games on pupil's development

This thesis is about the effects of playing computer games on pupils and students behavior. It is divided into a theoretical and an investigative part. The theoretical part is dedicated to historical development of technologies and principals of game systems in relationship to technical progress. It adverts to psychological, social and biological effects of long time, intensive playing of games. It shows positive and negative effects ofthis activity. The work analyses typical pathological events in the area of computer games, which defines excessive playing as an addiction as well as describes the area of internet and its specific communication. It refers to the importance of computer communication for educational purposes and opportunities it offers. The investigative part is based on elaborating of a selfmade research, that investigates the player' s personality based on the standardized questionnaire JEPI and a questionnaire of own construction. It tries to answer the questions regarding the typology ofthe pupiľs personality, particularly with regard to family background, education, relations and applying skills gained from playing games