What are the negative effects of television on children?

What will be an ideal response?


Television can have a negative influence on children by making them passive learners, distracting them from doing homework, teaching them stereotypes, providing them with violent models of aggression, presenting them with unrealistic views of the world, and increasing sleep problems.

Psychology

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Patterson and colleagues (1995) reported that in order to reduce administration errors, test administrators should

a. be disciplined for mistakes. b. practice administration about 10 times. c. always have a supervisor observe them. d. reinforce test takers.

Psychology

In which of Selye’s stages is death a possible outcome?

a. alarm b. resistance c. reaction d. exhaustion

Psychology

Marital satisfaction for men is related to ____,

a. being able to talk to each other and self-disclose b. the frequency of pleasurable activities that focus on emotional closeness c. physical and emotional intimacy d. the frequency of pleasurable activities in the relationship

Psychology

People with gender identity disorder:

a. are homosexual. b. can have any sexual orientation. c. are asexual d. are bisexual.

Psychology