Television
What will be an ideal response?
The medium per se has limited impact on children (e.g., TV does not cause less time reading or reduced attention)
Content on TV does influence children: increases aggression but also can teach prosocial behavior, promote cognitive growth
Children often ask for items they see advertised on TV and parents usually buy them
Children don't understand persuasive intent and lack of truthfulness in ads until 8 or 9 years
TV can be beneficial to cognition in certain contexts
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What will be an ideal response?
After birth is the ________ stage in the birth process.
A. third B. fourth C. second D. first