With so much focus on children’s use of screens, it's easy for parents to forget about their own screen use. “Tech is designed to really suck on you in,” says Jenny Radesky in her study of digital play, "and digital products are there to promote maximal engagement. It makes it hard to disengage, and leads to a lot of bleed-over into the family routine.”
Radesky has studied the use of mobile phones and tablets at mealtimes by giving mother-child pairs a food-testing exercise. She found that mothers who used devices during the exercise started 20 percent fewer verbal and 39 percent fewer nonverbal interactions with their children. During a separate observation, she saw that phones became a source of tension in the family. Parents would be looking at their emails while the children would be making excited bids for their attention.
Infants are wired to look at parents’ faces to try to understand their world, and if those faces are blank and unresponsive—as they often are when absorbed in a device-it can be extremely disconcerting foe the children. Radesky cites the “still face experiment” devised by developmental psychologist Ed Tronick in the 1970s. In it, a mother is asked to interact with her child in a normal way before putting on a blank expression and not giving them any visual social feedback; The child becomes increasingly distressed as she tries to capture her mother’s attention. "Parents don't have to be exquisitely parents at all times, but there needs to be a balance and parents need to be responsive and sensitive to a child’s verbal or nonverbal expressions of an emotional need," says Radesky.
On the other hand, Tronick himself is concerned that the worries about kids' use of screens are born out of an “oppressive ideology that demands that parents should always be interacting” with their children: “It’s based on a somewhat fantasized, very white, very upper-middle-class ideology that says if you’re failing to expose your child to 30,000 words you are neglecting them.” Tronick believes that just because a child isn’t learning from the screen doesn’t mean there’s no value to it-particularly if it gives parents time to have a shower, do housework or simply have a break from their child. Parents, he says, can get a lot out of using their devices to speak to a friend or get some work out of the way. This can make them feel happier, which lets then be more available to their child the rest of the time.
1.According to Jenny Radesky, digital products are designed to( ).
2.Radesky’s food-testing exercise shows that mothers’ use of devices ( ).
3.Radesky’s cites the “still face experiment” to show that ( ).
4.The oppressive ideology mentioned by Tronick requires parents to ( ).
5.According to Tronick, kid’s use of screens may( ).
问题1选项
A.simplify routine matters
B.absorb user attention
C.better interpersonal relations
D.increase work efficiency
问题2选项
A.takes away babies’ appetite
B.distracts children’s attention
C.slows down babies’ verbal development
D.reduces mother-child communication
问题3选项
A.it is easy for children to get used to blank expressions
B.verbal expressions are unnecessary for emotional exchange
C.children are insensitive to changes in their parents’ mood
D.parents need to respond to children's emotional needs
问题4选项
A.protect kids from exposure to wild fantasies
B.teach their kids at least 30,000 words a year
C.ensure constant interaction with their children
D.remain concerned about kid's use of screens
问题5选项
A.give their parents some free time
B.make their parents more creative
C.help them with their homework
D.help them become more attentive
第1题:B
第2题:D
第3题:D
第4题:C
第5题:A
第1题:
【选项释义】
According to Jenny Radesky, digital products are designed to _____. 根据珍妮·罗德斯基的说法,数字产品设计的目的是_____。
A. simplify routine matters A. 简化日常事务
B. absorb user attention B. 吸引用户注意力
C. better interpersonal relations C. 改善人际关系
D. increase work efficiency D. 提高工作效率
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第一段第二句“珍妮·罗德斯基(Jenny Radesky)在她关于数字游戏(digital play)的研究中指出‘技术设计的初衷就是要把你吸引住(suck on you in),数字产品本身就是要让关注达到最大化(maximal engagement)’”,由此可知,罗德斯基认为数字产品设计的目的是吸引用户的注意,选项B符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
A、C、D选项原文没有提及,属于无中生有。
第2题:
【选项释义】
Radesky’s food-testing exercise shows that mothers’ use of devices _____. 罗德斯基的食物测试活动显示母亲使用电子设备会_____。
A. takes away babies’ appetite A. 影响宝宝的食欲
B. distracts children’s attention B. 分散孩子的注意力
C. slows down babies’ verbal development C. 延缓宝宝的言语发展
D. reduces mother-child communication D. 减少母子间的交流
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到第二段第二句“结果发现在活动中使用这些设备(devices)的母亲与孩子之间的言语交流减少了20%,非言语交流减少了39%”,由此可知,母亲使用电子设备会减少亲子之间的交流,选项D正确。
【干扰项排除】
A、B、C选项原文没有提及,属于无中生有。
第3题:
【选项释义】
Radesky’s cites the “still face experiment” to show that _____. 罗德斯基引用的“静止面部实验”显示出_____。
A. it is easy for children to get used to blank expressions A. 孩子们很容易习惯空洞的表情
B. verbal expressions are unnecessary for emotional exchange B. 言语表达并非情感交流所必需的
C. children are insensitive to changes in their parents’ mood C. 孩子们对其父母的情绪变化不敏感
D. parents need to respond to children’s emotional needs D. 父母需要回应孩子们的情感需求
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】关键词“still face experiment”出现在文章第三段,第二、三句说到了“still face experiment”的背景和内容,第四句说到结论“父母(parents)需要对孩子的情感需求的语言或非语言表达做出反应和敏感(be responsive and sensitive)”,也就是要对孩子的情感需求做出回应,D选项符合题意。
【干扰项排除】
A选项“孩子们很容易习惯空洞的表情”,与第三段第一句“如果那些脸孔面无表情,反应迟钝……这对于孩子来说很可能是最为令其不安的”,该选项属于曲解原文;
B选项原文没有提及,属于无中生有;
C选项“孩子们对其父母的情绪变化不敏感”,与原文第三段的实验过程所体现的“孩子敏感父母情绪变化”不符,属于曲解原文。
第4题:
【选项释义】
The oppressive ideology mentioned by Tronick requires parents to _____. 特罗尼克提到的压制性意识形态要求父母_____。
A. protect kids from exposure to wild fantasies A. 保护孩子不受疯狂幻想的影响
B. teach their kids at least 30,000 words a year B. 每年至少教会孩子们30000个词汇
C. ensure constant interaction with their children C. 确保与孩子之间的经常性互动
D. remain concerned about kid’s use of screens D. 对孩子们使用电子设备保持关注
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到原文第四段第一句“要求父母(parents)应该随时与其子女互动(interacting with their children)的压制性意识形态(oppressive ideology)”,由此可知,选项C正确。
【干扰项排除】
A选项原文没有提及,属于无中生有;
B选项“每年至少教会孩子们30000个词汇”,不属于文章事实,而是第四段第一句假设的内容,属于曲解原文;
D选项原文没有提及,属于无中生有。
第5题:
【选项释义】
According to Tronick, kid’s use of screens may _____. 根据特罗尼克的观点,孩子们使用电子设备可能会_____。
A. give their parents some free time A. 给他们父母一些自由时间
B. make their parents more creative B. 让他们的父母更有创造力
C. help them with their homework C. 帮助他们做作业
D. help them become more attentive D. 让他们变得更加专注
【考查点】事实细节题。
【解题思路】根据题干定位到第四段第二句“尽管孩子们可能无法从电子设备上学到东西,但是不能因此就认为它没有价值,因为这可以给父母时间(gives parents time)来洗澡、做家务,或者只是从照顾孩子的过程中获得休息时间(have a break from their child)”,由此可知,选项A符合原文。
【干扰项排除】
B、C、D选项原文没有提及,属于无中生有。