Author Question: Research on the impact of Sesame Street on intellectual and academic measures shows that regular ... (Read 95 times)

fbq8i · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Research on the impact of Sesame Street on intellectual and academic measures shows that regular viewing of it

a. primarily benefits advantaged children.
b. primarily benefits disadvantaged children.
c. has actually widened the intellectual and academic gap between advantaged and disadvantaged children.
d. benefits advantaged and disadvantaged children.

Question 2

Miller and Weiss's cross-sectional experiment with children of ages seven, 10, and 13 assessed selective attention. When the oldest children recalled fewer irrelevant details from the scenes, this result showed that

a. less effort was expended by the oldest group.
b. the younger children were more intelligent.
c. gender mattered, with older girls delaying performance.
d. older children were better able to ignore irrelevant details.