Child Development and Technology
Technology is exposed to children everyday, whether it is at home or in a classroom setting, it is all around them. It allows children to process and understand new information that cannot be done through an individual. Technology has had a dramatic impact on education and allows children to develop social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills. Sometimes technology can be a disadvantage because it causes less social interaction with our peers, and a difficulty in being emotionally open. Another issue is obese children. Technology, such as advertisements on TV or video games, can cause weight gain in children. Although there are disadvantages there is always solutions to these problems that technology is …show more content…
It focuses on social and emotional development, language development, physical and motor development, and cognitive and general development (Young, 2001). Social and emotional development allows children to interact with their peers and share conversations through the use of technology. Technology can influence social emotional development in a positive way as long as we use it effectively. “Computer and software can serve as a catalyst for social interaction and conversations …show more content…
According to a UCLA psychology study, “Children’s social skills may be declining as they have less time for face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of digital media” (University of California, 2014, p.1). Children are replacing social interaction with screen interaction and social skills are decreasing. Technology can also affect emotional development as well, by losing the ability to understand the emotions on other individuals. People’s social skills allow them to feel an emotion face-to-face, but a screen on your computer does not. For example, psychologists observed two groups of sixth-graders from a public school. During the observation children where not allowed to use electronic devices within the campsite. Throughout the study, the children were shown a number of pictures of faces expressing various emotions and were asked identify their feelings, along with watching videos of actors interacting with one another. (University of California, 2014). It was easier for the children that attended the camp to distinguish the emotions portrayed in the photos and videos they were shown; however, it proved to be more difficult for the children who did not attend the camp to distinguish the mood depicted in the photos and videos. The children who did not take part in the camp activity struggled with identifying the
Technology is exposed to children everyday, whether it is at home or in a classroom setting, it is all around them. It allows children to process and understand new information that cannot be done through an individual. Technology has had a dramatic impact on education and allows children to develop social, emotional, physical and cognitive skills. Sometimes technology can be a disadvantage because it causes less social interaction with our peers, and a difficulty in being emotionally open. Another issue is obese children. Technology, such as advertisements on TV or video games, can cause weight gain in children. Although there are disadvantages there is always solutions to these problems that technology is …show more content…
It focuses on social and emotional development, language development, physical and motor development, and cognitive and general development (Young, 2001). Social and emotional development allows children to interact with their peers and share conversations through the use of technology. Technology can influence social emotional development in a positive way as long as we use it effectively. “Computer and software can serve as a catalyst for social interaction and conversations …show more content…
According to a UCLA psychology study, “Children’s social skills may be declining as they have less time for face-to-face interaction due to their increased use of digital media” (University of California, 2014, p.1). Children are replacing social interaction with screen interaction and social skills are decreasing. Technology can also affect emotional development as well, by losing the ability to understand the emotions on other individuals. People’s social skills allow them to feel an emotion face-to-face, but a screen on your computer does not. For example, psychologists observed two groups of sixth-graders from a public school. During the observation children where not allowed to use electronic devices within the campsite. Throughout the study, the children were shown a number of pictures of faces expressing various emotions and were asked identify their feelings, along with watching videos of actors interacting with one another. (University of California, 2014). It was easier for the children that attended the camp to distinguish the emotions portrayed in the photos and videos they were shown; however, it proved to be more difficult for the children who did not attend the camp to distinguish the mood depicted in the photos and videos. The children who did not take part in the camp activity struggled with identifying the