Growing Up with Media — Practice

Q1. Today's children spend an average of how many hours a day on entertainment media including television, computer and cell phones?

• A. Three hours a day
• B. Five hours a day
• C. Seven hours a day
• D. Ten hours a day

Q2. Today's children and teens are called 'digital natives' because they are

• A. Born in countries that produce digital devices
• B. Drawn online from infancy to engage in an ever-changing digital ecosystem
• C. Children who have completed a course in digital literacy at school
• D. Children whose parents work in the digital industry

Q3. Media, being interactive technology, is best understood as which kind of cultural tool?

• A. A tool that replaces classroom teaching
• B. A cultural tool for mediating social interactions
• C. A tool that only entertains and never educates
• D. A tool meant only for older adolescents

Q4. Which two tenets of Vygotsky's socio-cultural theory are said to resound deeply with children's lives in the digital age?

• A. Operant conditioning and observational learning
• B. Dominant activity and zone of proximal development (ZPD)
• C. Assimilation and accommodation
• D. Id, ego and superego

Q5. According to Vygotsky, the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the distance between

• A. A child's chronological age and her mental age
• B. A child's actual developmental level and her potential level under the guidance of more expert adults
• C. A child's physical growth and her cognitive growth
• D. A child's pre-school performance and her primary-school performance

Q6. When a child learns by constructing his understanding of social events through media, this phenomenon is called

• A. Imprinting
• B. Scaffolding
• C. Reinforcement
• D. Habituation

Q7. How media benefits younger children is listed. The first benefit named for younger children is

• A. Better understanding of political news
• B. Computer games and educational apps that make learning of literacy skills interesting
• C. Preparation for competitive examinations
• D. Independent travel planning

Q8. When it is said that younger children playing computer games develop 'social skills', it specifically lists behaviours like

• A. Cooperation, coordination, sharing, giving way and taking lead
• B. Memorising spelling lists and times tables
• C. Recognising national flags and capital cities
• D. Identifying constellations and planets

Q9. During the 1990s, Indian viewers had hoped TV would provide information and world news, but TV instead ended up being primarily a means of

• A. Distance education
• B. Infotainment
• C. Religious instruction
• D. Government broadcasting

Q10. Three traditional gender stereotypes seen in advertising are listed. Which of the following is NOT one of them?

• A. Females are shown as product users rather than as competent authority
• B. Females are shown in submissive or very provocative roles
• C. Females are shown doing domestic work rather than working outside the home
• D. Females are shown as scientists, judges and engineers leading public life

Q11. Media blurs reality by portraying women with ultra-thin 'ideal' bodies and men with

• A. Ordinary, everyday body shapes
• B. Over-the-top defined muscles
• C. Traditional Indian attire only
• D. Faces covered to hide identity

Q12. Asha, a primary teacher in Rampur, notices her Class 5 student copying violent moves seen on TV serials. She is advised to keep explaining to the child that media violence is meant for

• A. Realistic problem-solving in everyday life
• B. Entertainment only and not for realistic problem-solving
• C. Self-defence training of children
• D. Punishment of bad classmates

Q13. 'digiphrenia' is defined as the experience of

• A. Forgetting one's own name after long screen time
• B. Trying to exist in more than one incarnation of oneself at the same time
• C. Fear of using digital devices
• D. Sleep disturbance caused only by mobile light

Q14. Parents are suggested to adopt 'co-viewing' as a form of intervention. Co-viewing means

• A. Parents and children watching a programme together so parents can explain its effects
• B. Parents banning children from watching any programme
• C. Children watching only the programmes their friends recommend
• D. Parents recording all programmes the child watches for later checking

Q15. Teachers must develop a 'third eye' to notice when something has gone wrong with a student. This 'third eye' refers to the teacher's ability to spot

• A. Spelling mistakes in homework
• B. Behavioural cues like eye movements, frowns, lowered concentration and absenteeism
• C. The brand of mobile phone the student uses
• D. Whether the student's parents work in IT