The Relationship Between Attention And Child Television...

The Relationship between Learning, Attention, and Children Television Programs Name: Course: Tutor: Date: Specific Aims The specific objective of this study is to establish the relationship between attention and child television programs by improving on existing research. The study aims to focus on the impact of different types of television on the cognitive attention of children. Children’s education and development are important topics, and parents always want to educate their children in the best possible way. Nowadays, children spend a lot of time watching television; however, most parents are not so confused about how to select television shows for their children. Naturally, they want their†¦show more content†¦Usually, there are two kinds of children television shows, live action shows and cartoons. There has emerged research, which argued that viewing television cartoons could have immediate negative effects on young children’s cognitive function including self-regulation and working memory (Lillard and Peterson, 2011). Therefore, watching cartoons is not a good idea to entertain children. There is increased concern that increased exposure to television has a negative impact on the cognitive development of a child. It has been linked to late language development and the development of attention disorders (Landhuis, Poulton, Welch Hancox, 2007). A majority of studies conducted on the impact of television have not compared different types of content. According to the CDC, the number of children getting ADHD is rising rapidly (CDC, 2015). Correspondingly, research has indicated that there is an increasing number of children watching cartoons such as â€Å"SpongeBob†, â€Å"Bob’s burgers† and â€Å"The Simpsons.† Most of the parents are extremely worried about the impact of the content that their children watch on television because of warning from research findings. They are also worried about the children live action shows such as â€Å"Kid Nation,† â€Å"Sesame Street† and â€Å"Teletubbies†? In our study, we are going to test if the live action