PSYC 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Educational Technology, Effective Schools, Classroom Management
12 Apr 2013
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More than 98% of homes have one or more tv sets. 15. 3 hours / week for children 2-11 years. By age 18, more time spent watching tv than any activity (except sleeping) Extra-familial influences: social agencies other than the family that influence a child or adolescent"s cognitive, social, and emotional development: impact on development: television, schools and society of ones peers. The notel" study - done to look at impact of tv. Before" tv children scored higher in creativity and reading than canadian peers with. 2-4 years after" tv declines in reading and creativity compared to peers: also declines in community involvement and increases in aggression and gender stereotyping. Overall there are advantages and disadvantages: groups with tv and without access to tv. Ability to understand how information is conveyed on tv. Properly interpret information: television literacy: one"s ability to understand how information is conveyed in television programming and to interpret this information properly.
