The Influence of Television on Measured Cognitive Abilities
A Study with Native Alaskan Children
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2313627 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Walter J Lonner (Western Washington University, corresponding author), Robert M Thorndike (Western Washington University), Norma E Forbes (State Of Alaska Department Of Health And Social Services), Norma Forbes (Alaska Department of Health and Social Services), Clark Ashworth (University of Washington), Clark D Ashworth (University of Washington) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 355-380 |
| Publication date | 1985-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-0221 • E-ISSN: 1552-5422 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0022002185016003006 |
| OpenAlex | W2165368134 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 17 |
In 1979 and again in 1982 data were collected in rural Alaska to assess certain effects of commercial entertainment television, which began in 1977 in selected rural sites. The findings reported here include two major culture groups: the northern Inupiat Eskimo (four villages) and the southwestern Tlingit and Haida (two villages). In 1979, half of the villages had received television for two years; by 1982 all villages had reception capabilities, allowing for a longitudinal as well as cross-sectional study of the differential effects of television on children. Age, sex, culture area, and amount of television watched were major predictor variables while scores on four cognitive tests (CEFT, Kohs Blocks, Raven Matrices, and PPVT) were the criterion variables. Data analysis was a three-stage procedure in which the independent variables were treated as sets. There was no evidence that television by itself had a major effect on cognitive abilities. Numerous interactions show that television in Alaska did not, during the period of the study, have a uniform effect on the children in the study. The social learning concept of reciprocal determinism can be used to explain the complex ways in which television interacts with person variables and other environmental variables to influence test scores
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Culture and thought; a psychological introduction
Culture and Cognition
Indians of the Northwest Coast
Social learning theory
Television and human behavior
Essentials of Psychological Testing
Indians of the Northwest Coast
The self system in reciprocal determinism
The Social Economy of the Tlingit Indians
The Eskimo of North Alaska
Psychological Differentiation in Cross-Cultural Perspective
Acculturative Stress
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,09 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2010 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |