Video Game Addiction

"I thought it was parental histrionics- that kids are playing a lot parents don't understand the motivation so they label it an addiction".

What do you think histrionics means based on this sentence?

• Being really funny

• Being over dramatic

• Being angry

• Being happy

"To get at gaming addiction, he adapted diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling into a series of questions about video game use".

Based on the sentence what does diagnostic criteria mean?

• test or requirements

• medicine

• addiction

• mental-health therapy

Which quote helps support the authors main claim?

• "Symptoms included spending increasing amounts of time and money on video games to feel the same level of excitement".

• "Researcher Douglas Gentile of Iowa State University found 8.5 percent of American youths age 8-18 who play video games show multiple signs of behavioral addiction".

• "To get at gaming addiction, he adapted diagnostic criteria for pathological gambling into a series of questions about video game use".

• "The study found that 88 percent of the nation's children ages 8 to 18 play video games".

What do you think the main claim of this article was?

• Video games and gambling are similar.

• Video games do not get in the way of kids lives

• That kids can control their video game use easily.

• Video game addiction is rising among kids in the U.S.

Using what you read in the article, do you agree or disagree with the author's main claim that "Video Game addiction with kids is rising in the U.S.".

Tell me why or why you do not agree, use at least one quote to help support your argument.

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