Questions 6-10
Look at the following researchers (Questions 6-10) and the list of the statements below. Match each researcher with the correct statements.
Write the correct letter A-H in boxes 6-10 on your answer sheets.
- Byron Reeves and Esther Thorson
Answer – F (Various media formal characters stimulate people’s reaction on the screen)
Explanation: The answer to this question may be found in Paragraph D of the reading passage. Herein, the writer reveals what it is about television that grips people. The answer lies in the natural human response to orienting. The writer mentions that Ivan Pavlov was the first to study this response in 1927. Further down, the writer talks about Byron Reeves and Esther Thorson, who investigated whether television's formal media features activate the orienting response in humans.
- Dafna Lemish
Answer – B (People have been sensitive to TV signals since a younger age)
Explanation: The answer to this question may be found at the very beginning of Paragraph E of the Addiction to TV Reading Answers. The writer starts by saying that television's light and sound features attract humans from a young age. In the following sentence, mention is made of Dafna Lemish from Tel Aviv University and her studies which found that babies as young as six to eight weeks were attracted to television. The following line also mentions infants and their response to light proving the truth of orienting.
- Robert D. Mcllwraith
Answer – G (People who believe themselves to be TV addicts are less likely to join in the group activities)
Explanation: Paragraph F of the Addiction to TV reading sample discusses a study conducted on self-proclaimed TV addicts. Towards the middle of the paragraph, the writer talks about Robert D. Mcllwraith, belonging to the University of Manitoba, who led the study. In the study, he found that those who considered themselves TV addicts were easily distracted, bored, and hence, more reluctant to participate in group activities. The measure used to study the addicts was the Short Imaginal Processing Inventory (SIPI).
- Dennis M. Macbeth Williams
Answer – C (People are less likely to accomplish their work with television)
Explanation: This question's answer may be found in Paragraph G of the reading passage. From the get-go, the writer talks about an observation made on a mountain family with no cable connection. Then, they had a television in the house. It was found that with the television, the family's (both children and adults) perseverance in tasks, creativity, problem-solving skills, and tolerance for a free time declined. Psychologist Tannis M. Macbeth Williams made this observation over 25 years ago.
- Charles Winick (It is hard for people to accept life without a TV at the beginning)
Answer – H
Explanation: As per the Addiction to TV Reading Answers paragraph H, Charles Winick reviewed previous studies by Gary A. Steiner. In his reviews, he found that the first couple of days were the worst in almost half of the households surveyed. The family members found it extremely challenging to imagine life without television. They displayed withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, aggression, inability to cope with extra time, etc. From the second week onwards, the situation improved as people adapted to the new lifestyle (without television).
List of Statements
A – Audiences would get hypnotized from viewing too much television.
B – People have been sensitive to TV signals since a younger age.
C – People are less likely to accomplish their work with television.
D – A handful of studies have attempted to study other types of media addiction.
E – The addictive power of television could probably minimize the problems.
F – Various media formal characters stimulate people's reactions on the screen.
G – People who believe themselves TV addicts are less likely to join group activities.
H – It is hard for people to accept life without a TV at the beginning.