PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Parenting Styles, Metacognition, Reinforcement

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2450
• Professor: Carol Anne Hendry

Document Summary

More than 98% of homes have t least one television. Kids between 2-1yrs of age spend on average 15. 3 hrs a day watching television. By 18, more time spent watching tv than any other activity (except sleeping) Before tv children had higher creativity and reading abilities than canadian peers with access to tv. After tv brought to notel, decline in reading and creativity. Reports that occasional tv is okay, important how much they watch tv, what other activities they engage in, and what they are watching. Understand how information is conveyed on tv. Piecemeal understanding in young children before age 8 don"t grasp what they are watching. Reciprocal relationship kids who watch more aggressive tv makes them become aggressive, which then makes them want to watch more violent tv. Desensitization hypothesis: when you watch a lot of violence on tv, making you numb to hypothesis desensitizing you to violence.