Hello everyone! My name is Bohan and I am an eleventh grader at Tallulah Falls School. This is my third year at this school. I am from Beijing, China and I am a residential student. My hobbies are doing some sports, such as swimming. I am a team member of the school swim team. I also like playing video games, hanging out with friends, and reading. I would like to learn insights about human thinking, emotions, and behavior from my psychology class, as well as skills on how to cope with stress, solve problems, and improve relationships. I also want to learn about the importance of mental health and how to promote mental well-being in myself and others.
I think both articles may have some common problems in scientific research. In the first article, problems may include the lack of reference to the size, representativeness, and diversity of the study sample, which may affect the reliability of the study's conclusions. "The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that early television exposure (at ages 1 and 3) is associated with attentional problems at age 7."(Christakis) Although the article noted an association between early television exposure and attentional problems at age 7, it was not able to prove causality and other factors not considered may have influenced attentional problems. Possible problems with the second article include deficiencies in citations and sources. The expert opinions and research findings mentioned in the article lack detailed citation sources, which may affect the reader's credibility of these ideas.
Although there are some inaccuracies in the article, television does seem to be a big factor in children's attention span. After reading the author's analysis in the article, I would be willing to do some research, and I think it would be very interesting to look into this.