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1. Which of the following statements is correct:

a) School performance tends to get better for children who watch up to ten hours of TV per week, but gets worse as children watch more than that.
b) Children who watch any TV at all do not perform as well in school as those who watch no TV.
c) The more TV children watch, the better they do in school.
d) There is no relationship between the time spent watching TV and school performance.

2. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends:

a) that children watch no TV.
b) that children do not watch TV without first consulting a pediatrician.
c) that children watch no more than one hour of TV per day.
d) that children watch no more than three hours of TV per day.

3. The amount of time per week the average school age child spends playing video/computer games:

a) 1.5 Hours
b) 3.5 Hours
c) 4 Hours
d) 7 Hours

4. On average, how many hours is the TV on per day... whether it's being watched or not? (According to the Nielsen ratings.)

a) 3.2 hours
b) 5.2 Hours
c) 7.2 Hours
d) 9.2 Hours

5. Which of the following traits can be taught by some TV shows and movies?

a) sympathy
b) sex role stereotypes
c) imaginativeness
d) all of the above

6. What percentage of American families have Internet connections at home?

a) approximately 10%
b) approximately 25%
c) approximately 40%
d) approximately 60%

7. What percentage of American households with Internet connections have blocking devices?

a) 16%
b) 26%
c) 46%
d) 76%

8. What percentage of American households subscribe to cable or satellite TV?

a) 19%
b) 39%
c) 59%
d) 79%

9. The amount of reading children do is strongly related to:

a) vocabulary and verbal fluency
b) general knowledge
c) school success
d) all of the above

10. According to research conducted by Rauscher et al., listening to complex music such as Mozart improves:

a) short-term cognitive function
b) long-term cognitive function
c) sleep patterns
d) all of the above

And the answers are: 1-a, 2-c, 3-c, 4-c, 5-d, 6-c, 7-b, 8-d, 9-d, 10-a.

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