My name is Iva Ristic, I am 17 years old and I am from Serbia. This is my first year in Tallulah Falls and I am a senior. I play volleyball and soccer for the school team and I am very excited for both seasons.
After reading Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Problems in Children as well as Frequent TV Watching Shortens Kids' Attention Spans, I came to a conclusion that the first one is scientifically accurate, while the second one is not. Reasons why the first article is scientifically accurate is because it is written by many different scientists and it probably underwent rigorous evaluation by experts before being accepted for publication. There was a specific study mentioned that the article was based on where they "...used the National Longitudinal survey of Youth, a representative longitudinal data set" (Christakis, 2004). It contains scientific methods used in the research, as well as an exact number and percentage of kids included in the research. The second article, however, has less research and scientific data. It references some studies, but does not dig into them. It is mostly second-hand information and less scientific information directly sourced from a study or research.
From what I have read from Chapters 1 and 2 in my textbook, one of the things that I found interesting is Ivan Pavlov's work about unconsciousness, because it plays a very important role in our lives. It is crucial for deeper understanding of the complex relation between our conscious and unconscious experiences.
Sources:
"Early Television Exposure and Subsequent Problems in Children". Dimitri A. Christakis, Frederick J. Zimmerman, David L. DiGiuseppe, Carolyn A McCarty.
"Frequent TV Watching Shportens Kids' Attention Spans". Marilyn Elias, USA Today