Ads May Spur Unhappiness

According to “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism,” what happens to unhappy kids if they watch a lot of TV?

• They want to acquire more possessions.

• They become more and more unhappy.

• They become much happier in the long run.

• They lose much of their interest in possessions.

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In “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism,” what does the author feel parents should do to help their children become less materialistic?

• spend more time watching TV with their children

• help them to become more skeptical of consumer ads

• take away their cell phones and other electronic devices

• improve access to computers by placing computers in their bedrooms

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As explained in “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism,” children seem to believe that having material things will lead to happiness. According to the article, where do experts think this perception comes from?

• Parents today rarely impose meaningful spending limits on their children.

• Commercials imply that happiness comes with owning a particular product.

• Children are happiest when they have more possessions than their friends do.

• Children notice that adults often seem happy when they purchase new things.

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Based on context, choose the most likely meaning of study as it is used in this statement from “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism.”

In the new study, researchers found that, unlike adults, materialistic 8- to 11-year-olds did not become less happy over time.

• a room in a house where you can read or work

• a careful examination of a subject

• to learn a subject in school

• to do work such as reading

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Which definition of adopt did the author use in this statement from “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism”?

To help guard against that possibility, she suggested that parents help kids adopt a healthy skepticism toward consumer ads.

• prefer a standard

• take on titles or offices

• receive into one’s family

• choose as ideas or policies

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Read this statement from “Ads May Spur Unhappy Kids to Embrace Materialism.”

The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that kids get no more than two hours of non-educational “screen time”—TV and computers—each day.

Based on the information in this article, choose the most likely reason that educational screen time is acceptable but non-educational screen time is not.

• Educational programming includes ads for products that spur creativity.

• Educational programming teaches children how to be happy.

• Non-educational programming includes commercials.

• Non-educational programming does not encourage educational development.

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Which of the following is the author's main claim?

• According to Opree, TV ads would be just one cause. Other causes could affect a child’s level of materialism. The same is

  true of life unhappiness, she said

• Research showed that kids who were fairly unhappy in the first survey tended to become more materialistic over the next year. But this happened only if they regularly watched TV shows popular with children under the age of 13.

• However, no studies have been done to show whether parents’ values win out over TV ads when it comes to kids’ materialism.

• Unhappy kids did become more attracted to

  material items, but only if they watched a lot of TV.

Which of the following is the author's evidence?

• According to Opree, TV ads would be just one cause. Other causes could affect a child’s level of materialism. The same is

  true of life unhappiness, she said

• Research showed that kids who were fairly unhappy in the first survey tended to become more materialistic over the next year. But this happened only if they regularly watched TV shows popular with children under the age of 13.

• However, no studies have been done to show whether parents’ values win out over TV ads when it comes to kids’ materialism.

• Unhappy kids did become more attracted to

  material items, but only if they watched a lot of TV.

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Which of the following is the author's counterclaim?

• According to Opree, TV ads would be just one cause. Other causes could affect a child’s level of materialism. The same is

  true of life unhappiness, she said

• Research showed that kids who were fairly unhappy in the first survey tended to become more materialistic over the next year. But this happened only if they regularly watched TV shows popular with children under the age of 13.

• However, no studies have been done to show whether parents’ values win out over TV ads when it comes to kids’ materialism.

• Unhappy kids did become more attracted to

  material items, but only if they watched a lot of TV.

Which of the following is the author's rebuttal to the counterclaim?

• According to Opree, TV ads would be just one cause. Other causes could affect a child’s level of materialism. The same is

  true of life unhappiness, she said

• Research showed that kids who were fairly unhappy in the first survey tended to become more materialistic over the next year. But this happened only if they regularly watched TV shows popular with children under the age of 13.

• However, no studies have been done to show whether parents’ values win out over TV ads when it comes to kids’ materialism.

• Unhappy kids did become more attracted to

  material items, but only if they watched a lot of TV.