Midterm Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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(T/F) There’s a direct relation between media exposure, sleep, health outcomes
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True
2
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What is screen time correlated with? (3)
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Obesity, attention, aggression
3
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Is there an indirect or direct relation effect of media exposure and sleep disturbances
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Indirect
4
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Displacement hypothesis (regards to media and physical activities):
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That media replaces physical activities
5
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Why is sleep important? (3)
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1) aids cognitive development
2) provides energy
3) weight maintenance
6
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In U.S. - amounts of sleep has ____ while childhood obesity rates have _____
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Decreased, increased
7
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More screen time —> less sleep —> ____ attention
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Less
8
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The circulatory system -
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During sleep, oxygen/nutrients flow thru cells removes unnecessary waste products
9
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The glymthatic system -
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Fluid that sits in brain is released during sleep, they clear waste
10
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(T/F)
The longer you sleep , the better school performance
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True
11
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Quantity hypothesis (Displacement) regarding media -
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Using more media replaces sleep, therefor sleeping less
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Quality hypothesis regarding media -
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Light of screen causes less quality of sleep, high quality vs low quality sleep
13
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What types of media content during the day influence the quality of sleep?
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Scary and violent media
14
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Melatonin and media -
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Blue light on screen suspenses melatonin
15
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Mediator:
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Mechanism that influences variables
16
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What happens to hormones during puberty and sleep?
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Melatonin is released later, because the priority of other hormones
-later “sleep clock”
17
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Inhibitory control:
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Controlling urges, deciding when/if to give into those urges
18
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Working memory:
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Amount of space in mind to hold different pieces of into, & make sense of them
19
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Mental flexibility:
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Adapting to surroundings
20
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Executive functioning:
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Aid planning, regulating behavior
21
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Theory of mind:
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Awareness that ppl think differently, than you etc.
22
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Why is Spongebob negative?
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Create simpulsivity
Colors, fast pace, scene switches - tells child to keep switching attention
23
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(T/F) Background tv had no correlation to sleep and theory of mind -
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False for both
24
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Over stimulation hypothesis:
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High exposure to rigid image leads to attention problems
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What does Violent induced scripts argue -
Exposure to violence gives children scripts to act on impulse
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What does violent induced arousal habituation argue -
Exposure to arousal, desensitizes and no longer have experience arousals
-needs more
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What does Scan-and-shift argue -
Exposure to fast cuts/edits teach child to constant scanning and shifting
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What does fast paced arousal habituation argue -
Exposure to different edits/cuts desensitizes
-child needs more
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What does impaired language development argue?
Adult media use relies on visual and verbal processing
30
Are ADHD more drawn to watch violent/more media altogether?
Yes
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Who enjoys watching more tv? ( w/ ADHD or no ADHD?)
W/ ADHD
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Being diagnosed w/ ADHD not significant to overall tv viewing & violent and scary media?
No, not to overall viewing
But yes, ADHD significant to violent and scary media
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(T/F) Genetics play role to ADHD behaviors?
True
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Tv is more correlated among _____ (identical/fraternal) twins
Identical
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What is more significant for media use shared environment (parents, culture) or unique environment (sports, education)
Unique environment
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_____ (gene) -> ____ media use -> ADHD related behaviors
5 HTT -> violent
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When do negative attitudes towards overweight/obese figures begin?
Early
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Content analysis:
Researching/analyzing content that already exists, look at certain variables
39
What are the findings of characters that are above average? (4)
Less friends, less social, less attractive, less leader characteristics
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(T/F) Girls also stereotype characters that are above average
False
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Who is more susceptible to feeling worse about bodies and correlation w/ baseline to exposure?
Girls
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Who’s is more at risk for developing low body esteem and eating disorders?
Adolescents who are overweight prior to entering puberty
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Around what age group do peers become more important?
Adolescents
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Upward social comparison:
Comparing ourselves to someone who is “better” that we are
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What is scheme activation in regards to beauty?
That we have certain scheme (ideas) on beauty & if we meet/don’t meet them
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(T/F) if we perceive our peers desire is thin, then less body satisfaction
True
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How do magazines and beauty correlate?
That they give ways to fix and look beautiful, meet expectations
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(Low, middle, high) filtered pictures report feeling less self esteem
Middle
49
What does it mean that 8-9 y/o knew something was advertisement 90% of time?
Some don’t have “defenses”, to not want to get product
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Pester power:
Parents buy products because child persuaded them
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Which group is bombarded by
| For advertisements for sugary products?
Low SES/low education, kids of color
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What are advergames?
Games designed by advertisers, makes it seem like less advertisement and more game
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Parasocial relationship:
One-sides, relationship between character and audience member
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Reality and fantasy judgement -
Kids view character as their friend (extremely bond)
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How are parasocial relationships significant?
They build trust, audience learns better
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Halo effect regarding advertisement and physical activity
Because physical activity is healthy, that means cereal must also be healthy
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(T/F) younger children can’t consider multiple traits of an item
True
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What were he findings for when advertisement (cereal) paired w/ physical activity?
All children rated it to be healthy
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(T/F) parents who show their kids educational DVDs talk more to their children
False
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Why didn’t baby Einstein work?
Change from 2D to 3D
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3 things related to children’s cognitive development
1) visual perception
2) auditory perception
3) symbolic representation
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Working memory:
Current info that you at working on, manipulating info
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Long term memory:
Vast info that is deactivated but can be activated at any time
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Short term memory:
Trying to activate memory, actively thinking
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Accosting to visual perception why do children struggle to learn from screen?
Change from 2D to 3D
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Based on symbolic representation, why do children struggle to learn from screen?
Struggle to understand that one thing can symbolize another
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According to auditory perception, why do children struggle to learn from screen?
- music distractions
| - they know what work means, referring to
68
What are the 2 types of social contingency in kids shows?
1) participatory cues
| 3) 3rd part joking attention
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Participatory cues -
- gives audience choices
| - pauses, like real life
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3rd party joint attention-
2 ppl in a convo, audience is overheating
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____(participatory cues/3rd party joint attention) caused children to learn more words
Participatory cues
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At what age do deficits occur?
3 and younger
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What age does Sesame Street help best?
3-5
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Reasons why age 3/5 learn better from screen?
1) working memory increases
2) develop symbolic representation
3) start building parasocial relationships
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Children learned more from ______ (3rd party joint attention/participatory cues)
Participatory cues
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Interactivity:
Process of 3 ppl/things working together and influencing one another
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Difference between socially contingent and interactive
Social contingent mimicks real life, but is not affected by child’s answer
Interactive there is influence
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Blues clues is ____ but not _____
Socially contingent
Interactive
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Blues clues improves ___, ____ ____, _____
Comprehension, holds attention, audience participation
80
What ideals is IG related to? (3)
-profession, social, sexual
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Between FB and IG which one related to poor mental well-being?
FB
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(T/F)
Need for popularity positively related to browsing other’s profiles?
True
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Utilitarian individualism:
Values success and idealizes self-made, thru hard work
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How can social comparison lead to decrease mental well-being?
Upward comparison
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Social aggression:
damages targets self-esteem or social standing
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Information processing theory:(4)
Effects of -
- media violence over time
- aggressive scripts
- mental routines
- events stored memory
87
Wishful identification:
Desire to act/be like tv character
88
Perceived reality:
Extent which viewer believes tv content is real/similar to reality
89
Children who performed poorly in school used more ____ _____
Social aggression
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Is she significant so social aggression for girls?
No
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Media practice model:
Explains gender differences in relation to media
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Sexual callousness:
Belief that males enjoy sexual aggression/rape
93
What are the 2 patterns to sexualized media environment?
1) cumulative
| 2) hierarchal
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(T/F)
Being exposed to sexual content is related to belief that women are sex objects?
True
95
Blues clues improves ___, ____ ____, _____
Comprehension, holds attention, audience participation
96
What ideals is IG related to? (3)
-profession, social, sexual
97
Between FB and IG which one related to poor mental well-being?
FB
98
(T/F)
Need for popularity positively related to browsing other’s profiles?
True
99
Utilitarian individualism:
Values success and idealizes self-made, thru hard work
100
How can social comparison lead to decrease mental well-being?
Upward comparison
101
Social aggression:
damages targets self-esteem or social standing
102
Information processing theory:(4)
Effects of -
- media violence over time
- aggressive scripts
- mental routines
- events stored memory
103
Wishful identification:
Desire to act/be like tv character
104
Perceived reality:
Extent which viewer believes tv content is real/similar to reality
105
Children who performed poorly in school used more ____ _____
Social aggression
106
Is she significant so social aggression for girls?
No
107
Media practice model:
Explains gender differences in relation to media
108
Sexual callousness:
Belief that males enjoy sexual aggression/rape
109
What are the 2 patterns to sexualized media environment?
1) cumulative
| 2) hierarchal
110
(T/F)
Being exposed to sexual content is related to belief that women are sex objects?
True
