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142 pages ; 21 cm. |
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| Series |
Motion pictures and youth |
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Motion pictures and youth.
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| Note |
With Peterson, Ruth C. Motion pictures and the social attitudes of children ... New York, 1933. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
The general plan of the study -- Differences between movie and non-movie children in the types of conduct and attitudes which were measured by the character education inquiry -- Procedures and adequacy of the attitudes tests -- Results of the attitudes survey -- Other differences between movie and non-movie groups -- Summary and interpretations. |
| Summary |
"This series of twelve studies of the influence of motion pictures upon children and youth has been made by The Committee on Educational Research of The Payne Fund at the request of The National Committee for the Study of Social Values in Motion Pictures, now The Motion Picture Research Council. The studies were designed to secure authoritative and impersonal data which would make possible a more complete evaluation of motion pictures and their social potentialities. Out of 100 children in the junior high schools of large urban centers approximately 64 attend the movies once a week. Twenty-seven go two or more times and 7 go three or more times a week. What are the movies doing to the conduct and attitudes of these children? In Motion Pictures and the Social Attitudes of Children Professor Thurstone and his associates have reported studies designed to answer one aspect of this question. By rather precise experimental methods they have shown that it is possible to change children's attitudes in a given direction by showing them a single motion picture which has been selected for the purpose of producing that effect. Our problem in this section of the reports is to determine the influence, not of a single motion picture, but of the child's total motion-picture experience on a wide variety of conducts and a wide range of attitudes. The two problems need to be sharply distinguished"--Create. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Form |
Also issued in print. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreement. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Attitude (Psychology)
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Motion pictures and youth.
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Motion Pictures -- ethics.
(DNLM)D009040Q000941
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Attitude. (DNLM)D001290
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Psychology. (DNLM)D011584
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Attitude (Psychology) (OCoLC)fst00820865
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Motion pictures and youth. (OCoLC)fst01027426
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Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects.
(OCoLC)fst01027344
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Motion pictures -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Attitude (Psychology)
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Motion pictures and youth.
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| Added Author |
May, Mark A. (Mark Arthur), 1891-1977, author.
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| Added Title |
Attitudes of movie fans.
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| Other Form: |
Original (DLC) 33036939 |
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