PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Parenting Styles, 18 Months, Sociometric Status
7 Apr 2013
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Chapter 17: extrafamilial influences: television, computers, schools, and peers. Extrafamillial influences: social agencies other than the family that influence a child"s or an adolescent"s cognitive, social and emotional development. Now, more than 98% of canadian homes have one or more tv sets and children between ages 2-11 watch an average of 15. 3 hours of tv a week. By age of 18, a child will have spent 20 000 hours or two full years, watching tv. Boys watch more tv than girls, and ethnic minority children living in poverty are especially likely to be heavy viewers. Children in town of notel tested in higher in creativity and reading proficiency than did age-mates in comparable canadian towns served by television. They also showed a decline in community involvement and increase in aggression and gender stereotyping. Television literacy: a person"s ability to understand how information is conveyed in television programming and to interpret this information properly.
