How Technology Lowers Emotional Intelligence in Kids

Q#1( 7D) : What is the central idea of the passage?

• A. Children who rely too much on technology suffer negative impacts in their emotional lives.

• B. Children who rely too much on technology suffer negative impacts in their playtime.

• C. Children who use technology lose their sense of drive and motivation in life.

• D. Children who rely on technology become angry with the rest of the world.

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Q#2 ( 5C) : Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that adults can positively influence children’s emotional intelligence?

• A. “I am defining technology as any external mechanism that disrupts your kid’s ability to be present with his or her thoughts and feelings, and attuned to others.” (Paragraph 2)

• B. “Recently, I watched an entire family in a restaurant eat dinner in stoney silence, as each member glared intently at smart phones.” (Paragraph 3)

• C. “He notes that people with high degrees of E.I. have healthier relationships, adapt better to environments, and they are more skilled at working toward their goals.” (Paragraph 7)

• D. “To develop these qualities, teachers and parents strive to foster mindfulness and thoughtful attentiveness to others.” (Paragraph 9)

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Q#3( 8A) : What is the author’s purpose in paragraphs 11-16?

• A. to offer real life examples of how technology is harming children’s emotional intelligence

• B. to show how quickly a child’s emotional intelligence breaks down due to technology

• C. to provide a specific solution for each problem caused by technology overuse

• D. to outline how technology damages each quality of emotional intelligence

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Q#4 ( 4F) : What does the phrase “faceless relationships” mean as used in paragraph 13?

• A. increasing the number of children who are unable to self-reflect

• B. having too much unsupervised time using technology

• C. interacting with others without actually seeing them

• D. allowing children to have many different identities

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