How TV Affects Child Development

How TV Affects Child Development

by Ethan Simmons -
Number of replies: 3

Hello, my name is Ethan Simmons and I live in Clarkesville, Georgia. My favorite hobbies are woodworking and being outside. I want to learn more about how our human minds function. I am a senior at Tallulah Falls School and am looking forward to really getting into this class.


I believe that article one‒Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Problems in Children‒is scientifically accurate, while article two‒Frequent TV Watching Shortens Kids’ Attention Spans‒is not. Article one contains psychological aspects that need to be taken into consideration. For example, the first writing is a peer-reviewed journal, which is, “an article read by several other scientists (usually anonymously) with expertise in the subject matter, who provide feedback regarding the quality of the manuscript before it is accepted for publication” (Adams, p. 27). One can clearly see all of the qualified publishers and editors from prestigious colleges. Also shown in article one, researchers dive into the longitudinal research of TV exposure. The first article states, “the objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that early television exposure  (at ages 1 to 3) is associated with attentional problems at age 7” (Christakis, 2004). The second article though has limited sources and has weak reasoning behind what is said. The second article starts off with, “Psychologists and media experts are concerned…” (Elias, 2004). This quote shows that the author is just taking someone else's word, and is not completely sure.


I feel like I have an understanding of Psychological perspectives, and how psychology has advanced through the years. I also know the significance of research in psychology, and how psychology can affect everyday life. These stuck out to me because I feel this just promotes the main idea of the introduction chapter.


Thanks for reading.


Resources

Adams, P. Psychological Research.

Christakis, D.A. (2004) Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Problems in Children.

Elias, M. (2004) Frequent TV Watching Shortens Kids’ Attention Spans.


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Re: How TV Affects Child Development

by Christopher Waldron -

Your document really made me see a different point of view from the one I initially started with, for a theory to become something totally true, it has to be 100% right. These documents are 1% - 99% meaning that it will never be totally accepted, they said many scientific and many psychological or medical schools have had the same results over the past years. In my opinion, nothing is impossible and much less asserted. people protect this the same way the ones that says that we have only discover like 4% of the sea in this world. everything changes at some point, and this research will probably be updated in the future.


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by Matej Skocic -


 Hello Ethan, I completely agree with your comment on the topic and in general my opinion is that you did a great job. Part of your comment that I think you did great is when you quoted sentences and parts from articles we read, it did not occur to me. I also have one complaint, I suggest you to instead of writing a whole text analyzing articles, put some of your opinion or maybe find the explanation and solution for this problem, just like Chris did. I am open to share knowledge with you and to other classmates, as well as to learn something new.

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Re: How TV Affects Child Development

by Lucia Rajkovic -

Hi Ethan! You displayed some great insights into the topic of the articles and provided information and opinions. I have been thinking about the psychological perspectives from the first chapter and find Behaviorism, by Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner who focus on observing and controlling behavior, fascinating. Which psychological perspective did you find particularly interesting? Regarding your comments about understanding psychology through the first chapters we have been assigned, I was wondering if you have thought about the methods of research that have been practiced so far. If you could make a perfect method of testing psychological theories, what would it be?  


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