What Effects Has Mass Media Had on Changing Families and Households

question 81

Essay

What effects has mass media had on changing families and households? Give several examples. How do you predict that mass media will continue to influence the perception of families and households? Be specific.

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Definitions:

Enduring Information

Knowledge or data that remains applicable and useful over a long period of time, withstanding changes in context or circumstances.

Learning

The process of acquiring knowledge, skills, values, or behaviors through study, experience, or teaching.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired: a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Operant Behavior

Behavior that operates on the environment, producing a consequence.