HUS 2315 Southern New Hampshire University Modeling Article Discussion

Description * Read the article “Modeling” in its entirety. * Select one of the 17 “Thought Questions” (except # 11) to respond to in the discussion forum. * Copy and paste the question into your discussion post * Answer the question completely * Respond to at least 2 (two) of your class colleagues’ posts Student one: Modeling * Read the article “Modeling” in its entirety. * Select one of the 17 “Thought Questions” (except # 11) to respond to in the discussion forum. Parents often act in ways appropriate for adults, but not for children. What are the implications of this for child rearing? List five common behaviors (e.g., smoking cigarettes, handling conflict with aggression) that you as a parent would try not to do around your children. I think that children model what they see and who they look up too. Most children look to their parents as role models and so they model many behaviors off of their parents. I just watched a Tik Tok in which a child was given several items and watched to see if they would know how to use them based on what they saw. These items included deodorant, a comb and a tampon. The premise of the video was to show how being a parent gives you no privacy and how our children watch and copy everything we do. Five things that we should not do in front of our children are smoking, cussing, lying (even white lies), name calling, and gossiping. How can we tell our kids something is wrong if we do it? Kids will them believe that smoking, cussing, and lying is okay. I do not want to advocate bullying or being mean so name calling is something I will not do in front of my children. I also am against gossiping and think that a child should stay in a child’s place, and they have no business listening to grown ups gossiping at all. Student two: Lesson 12 Discussion Question Modeling * Read the article “Modeling” in its entirety. Select one of the 17 “Thought Questions” (except # 11) to respond to in the discussion forum. Copy and paste the question into your discussion post Answer the question completely Respond to at least 2 (two) of your class colleagues’ posts I chose question number two on the thought questions list; How much impact do you think television has on the behaviors in our culture? Why. I am using a Bartleby article entitled Television and it’s Influence on our Culture to help me explain my own concepts and values as well as how I see the operant conditioning that television today heaps upon , a maybe even unknowing, populace. Since the popularity of television, there has been a debate as to whether tv impacts culture or if culture impacts television but there is most certainly linkage involved. There is evidence that viewing violence may tend to make some people more aggressive and the environment, such as the rioters defined on our nation’s capitol, saw many people caught up in the mob mentality on January 6th. Television has become a large part of our lives since the early 1950s. During this time, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion. Its purpose was, originally, to influence the population and that is still apparent today; Whether that continues to be it purpose is debatable. The impact of television can be seen locally and it affects sports, politics and entertainment of multitudes of people world wide. For example, a high school football player watches the college players on Saturdays and the NFL players on Sunday’s and the mimic the players that they see. The encouraging speak that they share with teammates, the smiles and the high-fives. The celebrations after a touchdown are done because they have seen that modeling done on the television sets by players who are on a higher level of play. Some monkey see, monkey do activity. Of course children pick up on what they see and the modeling of parents and actors on the television screen impact the child as well. It’s interesting to see children watch television shows, and which ones that they enjoy. The modeling of the adults actors/roles may reflect what the child see’s from his own life. Politically, the same talking points are shared as the ones that are on what I call the Hate Networks of Fox News and MSNBC News. The inflections of raised voice, hesitation and the consistent sharing of ‘crisis, disaster, failure, and other connotations of hate for the other political party is meant to stir up hate for the ‘other side’ of the political spectrum. Both sides of the political arena are televised and opinions are shared. With the conjecture of all of the ‘news’ outlets today there is very little desensitization. The looping of repeated ‘bad’ news does equate to the Attentional Process (mentioned on page 2 of this week’s modeling information page). Retention Process is achieved via the news/entertainment because of the continual looping of repeated ‘news.’ The final paragraph of this week’s Modeling resource shares that, “Finally, modeling may also enhance emotional responses. I have witnessed this first hand as I have a sister who goes home every day and listens/watches Fox News. She has done so for the past year and within 1/2 hour after arriving home one can see the difference in her mindset, her attitude, and her emotional state. Television has permitted the American citizenry the opportunity to divide a populace and the political messaging is obviously an eye-opening result of television. And, because viewership is high for that type of political divide the television corporations continue to promote is, advertisers continue to invest and the circular motion continues. Religious television programming is also now a creator of mass advertising and monies raised from watching donors is at an all-time high. Upon reflection many of the religious channels are marketing according to political desires. Work Cited https://www.bartleby.com/essay/Television-And-Its-Influence-On-Our-Culture-PKJJXDKTUXZW