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Direct linkSchmidt, Marie Evans; Pempek, Tiffany A.; Kirkorian, Heather L.; Lund, Anne Frankenfield; Anderson, Daniel R. – Child Development, 2008
This experiment tests the hypothesis that background, adult television is a disruptive influence on very young children's behavior. Fifty 12-, 24-, and 36-month-olds played with a variety of toys for 1 hr. For half of the hour, a game show played in the background on a monaural TV set. During the other half hour, the TV was off. The children…
Descriptors: Play, Toys, Cognitive Development, Toddlers
Peer reviewedSchmitt, Kelly L.; Anderson, Daniel R.; Collins, Patricia A. – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Recorded home television viewing of 2-, 5-, 8-, 12-year olds, and adults on time-lapse videotapes over 10-day period. Found that cuts, movement, and overt purposeful character behavior were positively related to viewer's looking behavior, independent of child versus adult programming. Associations with looking behavior for other features depended…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Childrens Television
Fenichel, Emily, Ed. – Zero to Three, 2001
"Zero to Three" is a single-focus bulletin of the National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families providing insight from multiple disciplines on the development of infants, toddlers, and their families. Noting that America's babies and toddlers live in a world full of television sets, VCRs, computers, videogames, and interactive…
Descriptors: Assistive Technology, Cognitive Development, Computer Games, Computers
