Hello, my name is Jovana Dermanovic, I am from Novi Sad, Serbia. I am a junior at Tallulah Falls School, and I do track and field, and swimming. My favorite color is yellow. My birthday is in November, and I have a dog that is a mix of a white puddle and an apricot poodle. I love hanging out with my friends, going to coffee shops, and talking about everything. Psychology really interests me, and I think it is the root of every job in the world if you understand it, it will help you better understand people and how they work.
After briefly reading both of the articles, it is clear that the research had some slips. The first article "Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Problems in Children" is scientific that is more accurate and can be used as correct data. You can see that the article had few scientists that talked about this topic and gave out data that were more detailed than the second article which was, "Frequent TV Watching Shortens Kids' Attention Spans". Journalists did an okay job but there were some slips. As we see the results were summarized from the cross-sectional research; collecting data took a shorter amount of time, which can be of service, but in this case, it is not, that is opposed to the longitudinal method.
Freud's theory was very interesting to me about this topic; because kids at the age of seven, and younger are unconscious while watching a TV screen, which affects their conscious behavior, and it makes it difficult for them to focus in school or elsewhere. If there is no solution for AHDH and it can not be treated with some kids "Educators may need to change their methods to keep the attention of stimulation-saturated" ( Elias). Also, during the reading Skinner came to my mind, and his theory about behaviorism. Behaviorsm's definition of ADHD states that " The dynamic developmental behavioral theory is based on the hypothesis that altered dopaminergic function plays a pivotal role by failing to modulate nondopaminergic (primarily glutamate and GABA) signal transmission appropriately" ( Sagvolden etc.). It focuses on how all behaviors are learned from our surroundings, which explains that kids who only watch TV screens, and don't do any other activities such as reading, hiking, or sports.. are more likely to have ADHD. As is noticed I used additional sources because there was not enough data and information; that is why this article proves that the research could have been done better. In the society that we live in, ADHD is very common about "9.4% between ages of 2 to 17 in the US" ( Zauderer).
Thank you for reading, I hope that sometime I can discuss with some of you about Freud and his theory!
References:
Steven Zauderer, “45 ADHD Statistics: How Many People Have ADHD?” CrossRiverTheraphy, January 11, 2004.
Sagvolden, etc. A dynamic developmental theory of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) predominantly hyperactive/impulsive and combined subtypes. Pubmed, June 2005. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16209748/#:~:text=The%20dynamic%20developmental%20behavioral%20theory,and%20GABA)%20signal%20transmission%20appropriately.
Elias, M. (2004, August 30). Frequent TV Watching Shortens Kids’ Attention Spans. USA Today. www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-04-05-tv-kids-attention-usat_x.htm.