PSY 3304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Attentional Control, Pediatrics, Attribution Bias
16 Jan 2020
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Informal school curriculum teaches social skills like obedience, cooperation, responsibility, and being good citizen. Curriculum should emphasize on socialization and learning through discovery. Less emphasis on memorization or factual recall. Middle schools easier transition than junior hs. More important for achievement than reducing class size. Children watch about 4 hours of tv per day. Children younger than 2 years old have 0 screen time. Children 2+ less than 2 hours per day. Lasting improvements if adult monitors viewing habits and encourages. Young children don"t understand fictional nature of tv. Learn negative cultural stereotype influence def of beauty. Strong correlations between violent behavior and tv. Experimental studies show causal effects of violent media on aggressive. Longitudinal study found that violent tv at age 8 predicts criminal behavior at 30 behavior. Short and long term effects of violent media. Violence may feel more normal and justifiable. Best predictor of violence behavior in young adults is violent behavior in childhood.
