CPSY 2301 Exam 3 Questions With
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How much television do U.S children watch, on average, and what is known about
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the general content of the television programs available for them to watch? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Children between ages 2-17 spend 6.5 hours a day on
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average exposed to mass media; 70% of 8-17 year olds have a TV in their room
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Content of television programs range from educational to containing violence
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Why is it such a large influence on children's development? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Young children have unsophisticated cognitive TV viewing skills | | | | | | |
- difficulty with causality: trouble with processing consequences of actions
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- Difficulty distinguishing from appearance and reality
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In what ways are media portrayals of violence linked to children's aggressive
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behavior? Cite evidence from both correlation studies and experimental studies. -
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|CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Watching more TV in preschool years associated with
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more aggressive behavior in early school years
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- Watching violence on TV associated with behaving more aggressively
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Huesmann et al, 2003: 8 year old boys preference for violent TV is positively
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correlated to a increased mean level of aggressive behavior in their early 20's
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Superman vs Mr. Rogers Study (Friedrich & Stein): 5 year old boys shown
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Superman, Mr. Rogers, or neutral cartoon for 4 weeks, behavior assessed before
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and after 4 weeks; increase in aggressive behavior was found in boys who
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watched superman that were more aggressive to begin with
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,Discuss the role of television in perpetuating social stereotypes. Why is
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stereotyping on television a concern? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gender and racial
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stereotypes, children have unsophisticated TV cognitive skills
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What issues have been raised about children's use of interactive media? In what
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ways does research support or alleviate concerns in these areas? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Less face-to-face interactions, media is a pervasive presence in | | | | | | | | |
children's lives and has positive and negative influences on children's behaviors
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- violent content may make real life violence seem more acceptable (Flemish
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children study) |
What is known about television exposure and subsequent attentional problems in
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children? Describe the findings of Zimmerman & Christakis (2007) - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-- More TV viewing at 2-3 years old was associated with more| | | | | | | | | | | |
attentional problems at age 7 | | | |
- Assessed educational vs entertainment content
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- Noneducational television before 3 years old was associated with more
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attentional problems |
Television and other mass media are often considered effective as educational
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tools. What findings from research are consistent with this impression? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sesame Street is linked to school readiness, long term
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achievement, and prosocial behavior | | |
How is television exposure potentially implicated in the obesity epidemic facing
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the US? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Children are spending less time being active
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, Proctor et al. (2003): 4-11 year olds who watched more than 3 hours a day had
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40% more body fat that those who watched less than 2 hours a day
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How are video games potentially more influential than television and movies in
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terms of their effect on child behavior? To date, what do research findings imply
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about the influence of video games on child behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
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More interactive
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- Identity aggressor
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- Repetition of aggression
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In adolescence/college more video games playing is linked to more aggression,
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delinquency, and lower academic achievement | | | |
How is parental involvement an important factor in media influences on
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children's functioning? Summarize the AAP's guidelines for parents of young
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children - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Set limits on screen time
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- Recommended that 2-5 year olds be limited to one hour a day of "high-quality"
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programs maximum |
-Unstructured, unplugged play time to stimulate creativity | | | | | |
-Create tech free homes | | |
Describe the characteristics of concrete operational thought. List and describe
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several ways that concrete operations manifest themselves as abilities during
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middle childhood. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Children's ability to consciously,
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thoughtfully and pro-actively choose to pursue goals (instead of simply reacting
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to the environment) appears during this developmental period. In addition,
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children's thinking style gradually becomes more logical, organized, and flexible
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as they enter Piaget's "Concrete Operational" thinking stage.
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Correct Answers
How much television do U.S children watch, on average, and what is known about
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
the general content of the television programs available for them to watch? -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Children between ages 2-17 spend 6.5 hours a day on
| | | | | | | | | | |
average exposed to mass media; 70% of 8-17 year olds have a TV in their room
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Content of television programs range from educational to containing violence
| | | | | | | | |
Why is it such a large influence on children's development? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Young children have unsophisticated cognitive TV viewing skills | | | | | | |
- difficulty with causality: trouble with processing consequences of actions
| | | | | | | | |
- Difficulty distinguishing from appearance and reality
| | | | | |
In what ways are media portrayals of violence linked to children's aggressive
| | | | | | | | | | | |
behavior? Cite evidence from both correlation studies and experimental studies. -
| | | | | | | | | |
|CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-- Watching more TV in preschool years associated with
| | | | | | | | | |
more aggressive behavior in early school years
| | | | | |
- Watching violence on TV associated with behaving more aggressively
| | | | | | | | |
Huesmann et al, 2003: 8 year old boys preference for violent TV is positively
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
correlated to a increased mean level of aggressive behavior in their early 20's
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Superman vs Mr. Rogers Study (Friedrich & Stein): 5 year old boys shown
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Superman, Mr. Rogers, or neutral cartoon for 4 weeks, behavior assessed before
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and after 4 weeks; increase in aggressive behavior was found in boys who
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
watched superman that were more aggressive to begin with
| | | | | | | |
,Discuss the role of television in perpetuating social stereotypes. Why is
| | | | | | | | | | |
stereotyping on television a concern? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gender and racial
| | | | | | | | | |
stereotypes, children have unsophisticated TV cognitive skills
| | | | | |
What issues have been raised about children's use of interactive media? In what
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ways does research support or alleviate concerns in these areas? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-Less face-to-face interactions, media is a pervasive presence in | | | | | | | | |
children's lives and has positive and negative influences on children's behaviors
| | | | | | | | | |
- violent content may make real life violence seem more acceptable (Flemish
| | | | | | | | | | | |
children study) |
What is known about television exposure and subsequent attentional problems in
| | | | | | | | | |
children? Describe the findings of Zimmerman & Christakis (2007) - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-- More TV viewing at 2-3 years old was associated with more| | | | | | | | | | | |
attentional problems at age 7 | | | |
- Assessed educational vs entertainment content
| | | | |
- Noneducational television before 3 years old was associated with more
| | | | | | | | | | |
attentional problems |
Television and other mass media are often considered effective as educational
| | | | | | | | | | |
tools. What findings from research are consistent with this impression? -
| | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sesame Street is linked to school readiness, long term
| | | | | | | | | |
achievement, and prosocial behavior | | |
How is television exposure potentially implicated in the obesity epidemic facing
| | | | | | | | | | |
the US? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Children are spending less time being active
| | | | | | | | | |
, Proctor et al. (2003): 4-11 year olds who watched more than 3 hours a day had
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
40% more body fat that those who watched less than 2 hours a day
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
How are video games potentially more influential than television and movies in
| | | | | | | | | | | |
terms of their effect on child behavior? To date, what do research findings imply
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
about the influence of video games on child behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--
| | | | | | | | | | | |
More interactive
|
- Identity aggressor
| |
- Repetition of aggression
| | |
In adolescence/college more video games playing is linked to more aggression,
| | | | | | | | | | |
delinquency, and lower academic achievement | | | |
How is parental involvement an important factor in media influences on
| | | | | | | | | | |
children's functioning? Summarize the AAP's guidelines for parents of young
| | | | | | | | | |
children - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Set limits on screen time
| | | | | | |
- Recommended that 2-5 year olds be limited to one hour a day of "high-quality"
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
programs maximum |
-Unstructured, unplugged play time to stimulate creativity | | | | | |
-Create tech free homes | | |
Describe the characteristics of concrete operational thought. List and describe
| | | | | | | | | |
several ways that concrete operations manifest themselves as abilities during
| | | | | | | | | |
middle childhood. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Children's ability to consciously,
| | | | | | | |
thoughtfully and pro-actively choose to pursue goals (instead of simply reacting
| | | | | | | | | | |
to the environment) appears during this developmental period. In addition,
| | | | | | | | | |
children's thinking style gradually becomes more logical, organized, and flexible
| | | | | | | | | |
as they enter Piaget's "Concrete Operational" thinking stage.
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