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ERIC Number: EJ554445
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0044-0728
Battling Jurassic Park: From a Fascination with Violence toward Constructive Knowledge.
Cain, Beverlyn; Bohrer, Cynthia
Young Children, v52 n7 p71-73 Nov 1997
Studied preschool children's inability to distinguish fantasy from fact utilizing the case of the popular movie Jurassic Park and the subsequent false information children obtained about dinosaurs. Described attempts made by teachers to address the resultant aggressive behavior and false knowledge gained and replace it with constructive knowledge. (SD)
Descriptors: Aggression, Audience Response, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Dinosaurs, Fantasy, Films, Knowledge Level, Mass Media Role, Preschool Education, Violence
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: False Beliefs; Knowledge; Knowledge Acquisition