Television
What will be an ideal response?
The medium per se has limited impact on children (e.g., TV does not cause less time reading or reduced attention)
Content on TV does influence children: increases aggression but also can teach prosocial behavior, promote cognitive growth
Children often ask for items they see advertised on TV and parents usually buy them
Children don't understand persuasive intent and lack of truthfulness in ads until 8 or 9 years
TV can be beneficial to cognition in certain contexts
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A) drive-reduction theory B) behavior therapy C) operant conditioning procedures D) psychodynamic theory E) Select
In an experiment, an interaction can be obtained only when
a. the experiment involves more than one independent variable. b. the experiment involves more than one dependent variable. c. the experiment confounds either two independent variables or two psychological processes. d. the results depend upon the combination of the dependent variables.
When psychologists refer to the two worlds of childhood, they mean the
a. society of peers and adult/child transactions. b. cognitive and social expectations. c. physical and psychological events. d. religious and secular societies.
Which statement describes the rates of romantic relationships in 15-year-olds?
A. Only a handful of teens have been in a romantic relationship by age 15. B. About half of all teens have had a romantic relationship by age 15. C. Nearly all teens have been in a romantic relationship by age 15. D. Most boys have been in romantic relationships, but most girls have not.