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Cantor, Joanne; Wilson, Barbara J. – Journal of Broadcasting, 1984
Describes a study comparing the way cognitive manipulations affected the emotional responses of preschool and elementary school children to a frightening film, i.e., telling children the presentation is not real, and role-taking. Emotional responses of 9- to 11-year-olds were modified by instructional sets while 3- to 5-year-olds' responses were…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Child Development, Elementary School Students, Emotional Response