Children, Youth and Technology Use

Question 1

What is the correlation of television and verbal IQ? Is there an increase of decrease in verbal IQ overtime?

Answer 1

Negative correlation, predictive decrease in verbal IQ over time

Question 2

What does video games on the brain affect?

Answer 2

Affects brain regions related to responses to reward, impulse control and sensorimotor co-ordination

Question 3

Is the relationship between the implications of technology on well-being and mental health causal or correlational ?

Answer 3

Correlational

Question 4

What activities on tech does research suggests girls engage more in?

3pts

Answer 4

• Social media, texting, and on smartphones

Question 5

What activities on tech does research suggests boys engage more in?

2pts

Answer 5

• Gaming and electronic devices

Question 6

What correlation is there between well being and mental health for frequent users of digital media?

2pts

Answer 6

• Lower scores of well-being
• Higher incidences of mental health challenges

Question 7

What do victims of cyber-bullying via social media look like?

4pts

Answer 7

• Low agreeableness
• high extraversion
• openness to experience
• LGBTQ+ status

Question 8

What do perpetrators of cyber-bullying via social media look like?

4pts

Answer 8

• sadism
• low self-esteem
• depressive symptoms
• childhood emotional trauma

Question 9

The relationship between technology and the Brain is…

Answer 9

Inconclusive and no causality!

Question 10

Positive AND negative outcomes of the implications for well-being and health outcomes when it comes to technology/social media.

TRUE OR FALSE

Answer 10

TRUE