The Effects on Behavior from Television

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The Effects on Behavior from Television

Introduction

Human beings respond to the different things going around them, and this response is known as behavior. Human beings learn everything from their surroundings, parents, family, society and friends. They are not born with knowledge; they learn things throughout their life. Whatever they learn has an impact on their behavior, and the behavior changes accordingly. There are many factors which influence the behavior of people in different manner. There are some factors which affect people according to their knowledge, age, lifestyle, skills and psychology. It is necessary that human beings are aware of the different factors which affect their behavior so that they can control their behavior as well as help people around them in controlling their behavior.

The human behavior is affected by television and many effects have been noticed in the previous years. Different age groups are affected differently and this helps in understanding the effects of television. There are psychologists who believe that television affects the psychology and mental processes of individuals, especially of children. Television has a strong impact on the behavior of people according to their own understanding and age. Some TV programs are effective on children, while some TV programs affect the behavior of youngsters, teenagers, oldies, and other age groups. The programs affect different age groups in different manner, and it is necessary that people are aware of this fact.

In the last few years, it has been seen that the rate of television viewers have increased. Talking about television makes people think immediately about the programs that they watch frequently on television. These programs have affected their lives in a positive or in a negative manner. There are different cases which can help in understanding the impact of television on the behavior of human beings. How the television affects the behavior of human beings is being discussed in this paper.

Discussion

There are different researches conducted on human behavior and how different factors affect and influence the behavior. The previous literature work and researches help in understanding the effects of television on human behavior.

“Television negatively effects human behavior, and has a strong impact on their life”

Viewing television results in affecting the human psychology and behavior, as the behavior alters according to what is being viewed on television. The type of programs that are being viewed affects the behavior of human beings in the same manner. The human mind and cognitive thinking is affected by the visual things they view, as these images leave an impression on their minds and as a result their mind gets influenced.

Children are strongly influenced by television and their behavior is affected negatively. It has been seen that those children who watch action and violent movies are found to be behaving angrily and violently. Children watch these violent movies and try learning the stunts and actions performed in it, which affects their psychology and behavior. Mostly teachers and parents complain about the anger and ...