The effects of background television on the toy play behavior of very young children
The effects of background television on the toy play behavior of very young children
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01180.x
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发表时间：
2008-07-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Anderson, Daniel R.
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作者：
Schmidt, Marie Evans;Pempek, Tiffany A.;Anderson, Daniel R.
这项实验验证了这样一种假设，即成人电视对幼儿的行为有破坏性的影响。50名12个月、24个月和36个月大的孩子玩各种玩具，时间为1小时。在半个小时的时间里，一台单声道电视机的背景上播放着一个游戏节目。在另一个半小时里，电视是关着的。孩子们每次看电视的时间只有几秒钟，而且每分钟不到一次。然而，背景电视显著减少了玩具游戏的剧集长度以及游戏期间的注意力集中。因此，背景电视干扰了非常小的儿童的游戏行为，即使他们很少公开地注意到它。这些发现对随后的认知发展有一定的启示作用。
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 looked at the TV for only a few seconds at a time and less than once per minute. Nevertheless, background TV significantly reduced toy play episode length as well as focused attention during play. Thus, background television disrupts very young children's play behavior even when they pay little overt attention to it. These findings have implications for subsequent cognitive development.