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Watch and Learn
Children’s educational television has had a successful beginning and middle, but as it extends its lessons through the Internet and classroom activities, will it help kids live happily ever after? In the early 1970s, graduate
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Observer Forum
How ‘Unequivocal’ is the Evidence Regarding Television Violence and Children’s Aggression? In their review of the influence of media violence on youth, “The Influence of Media Violence on Youth,” published in Volume 4 of Psychological
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Observations
When Harry Met Hallie Would a rose, by any other name, smell as sweet? It may depend whether your name is Roberta or Louise. Twenty years ago, Belgian psychologist J. M. Nuttin discovered that people
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Desperately Seeking Phil
It grew gradually throughout the year and reached a thundering crescendo that could no longer be ignored: A column on Dr. Phil. When I started thinking about writing these monthly Observer columns, I asked
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Could Reality Shows Become Reality Experiments?
See Also: Reality Check That was the question posed to APS Board Member Barbara A. Spellman, University of Virginia, who founded the APS Committee on Human Subject Protection. Spellman breaks down which reality shows would
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Reality Check
See Also: Could Reality Shows Become Reality Experiments? See: the world of reality television. The cast members bear little resemblance to your usual television actors (but they also seem quite unlike you and me). In
