A 4.4- What Games and Toys Teach

Question 1

Define Lavished

Answer 1

expending or bestowing profusely

Question 2

Why did the friend of the author felt the need to bombard his children with toys and games?

Answer 2

He argued that children who are stimulated with many toys or electronics learned better and faster; children need exposure to many things, and having many toys allows them to socialize, learn, and develop their imagination.

Question 3

Define Vested Interest

Answer 3

a special concern or stake in maintaining or influencing a condition, arrangement, or action especially for selfish ends

Question 4

Define Tout

Answer 4

to solicit, peddle, or persuade importunately

Question 5

What did the author argue in the second paragraph?

Answer 5

He argued that his friend’s points were mere echoes of what the toy and game companies were advertising to the world; he further argued that general media praises the educational advantages of these things. In the end, he mentions how the companies are making billions through their sales and that the amount each family spends on such items is rather absurd.

Question 6

What does the author argue in the 3rd paragraph?

Answer 6

He argues that social psychologists have praised the act of “play” in children and that it significantly helps with their cognitive and physical skills; the author seems concerned and wondered how and why the act of play became synonymous with a necessity of being bombarded by fabricated toys.

Question 7

What does the author argue in the 4th paragraph?

Answer 7

He argues that social scientists condemn these companies in the sense that there is no solid evidence that playing with toys leads to any significant increase in motor and cognitive skills.

Question 8

Define Cognitive

Answer 8

of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)

Question 9

Define Duped

Answer 9

one that is easily deceived or cheated

Question 10

What is the main thing that the author argues in the 5th paragraph?

Answer 10

Toys can be tools for learning, but almost anything could be such a tool.

Question 11

Define Hone

Answer 11

to make more acute, intense, or effective

Question 12

Define Internalize

Answer 12

to give a subjective character to

Question 13

Define Omnipresent

Answer 13

present in all places at all times

Question 14

Define Plethora

Answer 14

Abundance.

Question 15

Define Oxymoron

Answer 15

a combination of contradictory or incongruous words (such as cruel kindness)

Question 16

Define Transcend

Answer 16

to rise above or go beyond the limits of