While the Average Amount of Time Adolescents Use Screen Media

question 16

Multiple Choice

While the average amount of time adolescents use screen media is 9 hr a day, individual reports by adolescents about the time they spend using screen media have found ______.

• A) no differences among adolescents
• B) this average is too high
• C) large differences among adolescents
• D) this average is far too low

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Definitions:

Social Contexts

The environmental and cultural settings in which individuals live or operate, influencing their behavior, perceptions, and interactions.

Solo Status

A sense that one is unique in some specific manner in relation to other people in the currentenvironment

Self-sufficient

means being able to fulfill one's needs without external assistance, showing independence and self-reliance.

Looking-Glass Self

A social psychological concept that suggests people develop their self-image based on how they believe others perceive them.