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According to your text, who plays video games more often?
 
  a. Males play video games more often.
  b. Females play video games more often.
  c. Neither; males and females play video games with equal frequency.
  d. Neither; this variable has not been studied.

Question 2

All of the following are problems with Internet technology except
 
  a. appropriateness of content on some websites.
  b. piracy issues over illegal transferring of copyrighted material.
  c. the inability to hack into unauthorized material.
  d. viruses and worms that can destroy data.

Question 3

Jackson et al. (2006) found that low-income children who used the Internet more frequently had
 
  a. higher reading scores after 6 months.
  b. lower reading scores after 6 months.
  c. higher math skills 10 years later.
  d. better social skills than other children.

Question 4

Name an internalizing disorder.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 5

Children ages birth to 6 spend as much time with television, computers, and video games as they do
 
  a. in cooperative play.
  b. playing outside.
  c. in model-building play.
  d. in formal operational thought.

Question 6

Which of the following best describes the point of the Leu et al. (2005) study?
 
  a. Children are able to find websites.
  b. Children believe what they read on the web.
  c. Children prefer animal topics over human topics.
  d. Children prefer green and white as website colors.

Question 7

Name two things that predict ability to understand others' emotions.
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 8

In the Leu et al. study (2005), most children thought the website for the Endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus was
 
  a. cute.
  b. scientifically valid.
  c. hard to follow.
  d. slow to load (show on the screen).

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