Readings: Leisure, Work, and Media

Question 1

What happened with the rise of compulsory schooling?

Answer 1

Adolescents were barred from the labour force and had increased free time. There was also an increased affluence of teens in the 70s.

Question 2

Does working make teens more responsible?

Answer 2

There is very little evidence of this

Question 3

What is premature affluence?

Answer 3

Having more income than one can manage maturely-results from getting used to luxury before having financial responsibilities.

Question 4

How many hours of work per week can begin to jeopardize school performance and engagement?

Answer 4

20+

Question 5

What are long hours of work associated with?

Answer 5

Possible increased aggression, school misconduct, minor delinquency and promiscuous sexual activity. Delinquent youths may also choose to work longer hours

Question 6

How are poverty and working at an earlier age associated?

Answer 6

Makes drop out more likely among impoverished youth

Question 7

When is a teens mood at it’s most positive versus most negative?

Answer 7

Most positive when with friends, most negative when alone

Question 8

What is a flow experience?

Answer 8

When an activity is both enjoyable and absorbing.

Question 9

When is concentration and interest at it’s highest for teens?

Answer 9

During extracurriculars

Question 10

What is the most positive way for adolescents to spend their free time in terms of psychological development?

Answer 10

Structured activities

Question 11

Which groups are extracurricular activities more prevalent for?

Answer 11

Affluent students, better grades, smaller schools

Question 12

What are some benefits of extracurricular activities?

Answer 12

Improved school performance, reduces dropout, deters delinquency, enhances psychological well-being and social status

Question 13

What can school-sponsored activities help with?

Answer 13

Strengthening the students attachment to school, especially strong in adolescents who are less able students and from poor communities

Question 14

What is routine activity theory?

Answer 14

The idea that the less structured an activity, the more likely a person is to encounter opportunities for problem behaviours

Question 15

What is the strongest deterrent against problem behaviour?

Answer 15

The presence of an adult

Question 16

What are the 5 C’s of positive youth development?

Answer 16

Competence, confidence, connection, character, caring/compassion. These are the focuses of contemporary community based programming for youth

Question 17

What are some determinants of a programs success?

Answer 17

Extent to which participants volunteer their commitment, are placed in demanding roles, and are encouraged to meet high expectations, take responsibility for behaviour, helped to understand the consequences of failing to fulfill obligations.

Question 18

Expecting adolescents to behave responsibly helps them…

Answer 18

develop responsibility

Question 19

What is cultivation theory?

Answer 19

The idea that the media shapes adolescents interests, motives, and beliefs about the world

Question 20

What is the uses and gratifications approach?

Answer 20

Adolescents choose the media to which they are exposed according to pre-existing interests

Question 21

What is the media practice model?

Answer 21

Adolescents choose what they are exposed to AND interpret media in ways that shape their impact

Question 22

What are some of the signs of an internet addiction?

Answer 22

Salience, mood change, tolerance, withdrawal, conflict, relapse, and reinstatement.