Are there any positive effects of media use on middle childhood children? If so, what?

What will be an ideal response?

Most research has focused on the negative effects but there are some positive strides. First, prosocial content in shows has a positive effect on children's functioning in the following areas: altruism, positive social interactions, self-control, and combating negative stereotypes. Further, a positive effect of prosocial content was found to be equal or great than the negative effects of violent content.

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A) Chinese Americans B) African Americans C) Caucasian Americans D) Puerto Rican Americans

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"Try working backward from the desired goal to the starting point or current state." This advice describes a

a. syllogism. b. heuristic. c. prototype. d. dimension of the semantic differential.

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