Tech and the Teen Brain Articles

What is a dangerous affect of too much screen time?

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Loneliness
• All of the above

In the article "Neuroscience is unlocking the mysteries of the teenage brain" by Lucy Foulkes, what is the thing she says psychologists need to pay more attention to?

• Economic Circumstances
• Upbringing
• Individual Differences
• Individual Identity

what is the claim for the article "What Should We Be Worried About"

• We should also worry about our lack of understanding of how our rapidly changing world is shaping the developing teenage brain.

• Teens should use phones because that's lame.

• We need to stop using phone be cause they effecting brain development of adolescent

• Teen brains have to be protected from the dangers of screens

Is the following evidence compelling, "The spike in the amount of time teenagers spend on screens is a likely cause of the ongoing surge in depression, anxiety, and suicide that began shortly after smartphones and tablets became widespread among teenagers, around 2012."?

• Yes, because the author has credibility

• No, because we don't know if smartphones are the cause of an increase in depression.

• Yes, because the author compares suicide rates to screen time.

• Yes, because the author gives information from 2012.

"There's reasoning behind this pea-soup." In this sentence what does it mean by pea soup.

• The author is referring to actual soup and that the author is talking about soup

• It's saying it's very unclear and not visible just like pea soup and how you can't really see in it.

• The author is saying pea soup can really help the brain when it comes to reasoning

• It has nothing to do with pea soup and there's no relations what so ever

The anecdote about the author's family is "Three Risks of Too Much Screen Time for Teenagers" seems to prove some relevant to the topic. What is the topic the author is trying to prove to the audience?

• That the author's daughter likes to go to parties.
• That teenagers can see what everyone is doing.
• That teenagers are missing out on stuff, enhancing their loneliness.
• That parties are recorded through Instagram or Snapchat.

In the article "Is technology bad for the teenage brain" why might the author be bias?

• Because he is a parent

• There is not enough information

• He can not be bias

• Because he is a teenager

How does the experiment with the rats give insight as to how being in a group affects affects how teens act?

• When teens are in the presence of other teens, they tend to risk more and be more outgoing.
• When teens are in the presence of other teens, they tend to risk less and be less outgoing.
• The rats did not correlate with human teens.
• They showed that teens act like rats when they are together.

What is the author's purpose in writing the article "Is Screen Time Toxic"?

• That parents should let kids do whatever they want

• Adults should start trying to connect with their kids in real life

• To say that teens are fully responsible for learning how to properlly communicate

• To say that there is nothing wrong with how teens use the internet today

Consider this sentence: " smartphone and social media overuse can be toxic for teens (and, frankly, for all of us)" Which quote from the text supports the sentence best?

• "Every middle school party played itself out on Instagram and Snapchat. All the kids in attendance documented who was hanging out with whom and posted it for public consumption on social media"

• "Why are they so lonely, even though they're super-connected online?"

• "If teens were seeing people like them, or worse off than them, then they wouldn't feel so insecure. But they are seeing people who are thinner, richer, more popular, more successful, more privileged. Even wealthy and middle-class kids can frequently feel, on some level, humiliated. And beyond the bubble of social media, there actually is cause for their worry"

• None of the above