At around age 12, the students already showed distinct patterns of behavior. Habitual users reported checking…

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At around age 12, the students already showed distinct patterns of behavior. Habitual users reported checking their feeds 15 or more times a day; moderate users checked between one and 14 times; nonhabitual users checked less than once a day. The subjects received full brain scans three times, at approximately one-year intervals, as they played a computerized game that delivered rewards and punishment in the form of smiling or scowling peers. While carrying out the task, the frequent checkers showed increasing activation of three brain areas: reward-processing circuits, which also respond to experiences like winning money or risk-taking behavior; brain regions that determine salience, picking out what stands out in the environment; and the prefrontal cortex, which helps with regulation and control. The results showed that “teens who grow up checking social media more often are becoming hypersensitive to feedback from their peers,” Dr. Telzer said. Social sensitivity could be adaptive, showing that the teenagers are learning to connect with others; or it could lead to social anxiety and depression if social needs are not met. “They are showing that the way you use it at one point in your life does influence the way your brain develops, but we don’t know by how much, or whether it’s good or bad,” said Jeff Hancock, the founding director of the Stanford Social Media Lab, who was not involved in the study. He said that many other variables could have contributed to these changes. He described the paper as “a very sophisticated piece of work,” contributing to research that has emerged recently showing that sensitivity to social media varies from person to person. Over the last decade, social media has remapped the central experiences of adolescence, a period of rapid brain development. Researchers have documented a range of effects on children’s mental health. Some studies have linked use of social media with depression and anxiety, while others found little connection. Without more information about other aspects of the students’ lives, “it is challenging to discern how specific differences in brain development are to social media checking,” said Adriana Galvan, a specialist in adolescent brain development at the University of California Los Angeles, who was not involved in the study. Dr. Telzer, one of the study’s authors, described the rising sensitivity to social feedback as “neither good nor bad.” “It’s helping them connect to others and obtain rewards from the things that are common in their social world, which is engaging in social interactions online,” she said. This is the new norm,” she added. “Understanding how this new digital world is influencing teens is important. It may be associated with changes in the brain, but that may be for good or for bad. We don’t necessarily know the long-term implications yet.” Regarding social sensitivity, Dr. Eva H. Telzer points out that some of the negative consequences might be (UECE 2023)

1. A) strange patterns of behavior.
2. B) addiction to computer games.
3. C) depression and social anxiety.
4. D) disconnection of real life challenges.

✅ Resposta correta: alternativa C

Resolução passo a passo

1. A pergunta pede a consequência negativa que Dr. Telzer aponta para a sensibilidade social. Passo 2: No texto, a sensibilidade social pode ser adaptativa, mostrando que os adolescentes estão aprendendo a se conectar com os outros, ou pode levar a ansiedade social e depressão caso as necessidades sociais não sejam atendidas. Passo 3: A alternativa C, depressão e ansiedade social, corresponde exatamente a essas consequências negativas. Passo 4: A alternativa A está errada porque os padrões de comportamento citados no texto são os níveis de uso das redes (habituais, moderados e não habituais), não uma consequência negativa. Passo 5: A alternativa B está errada porque o jogo computadorizado foi apenas a tarefa experimental do estudo, e o texto não fala em dependência de jogos. Passo 6: A alternativa D está errada porque o texto afirma o oposto: a sensibilidade social ajuda os jovens a se conectarem com os outros e a obterem recompensas do mundo social. Passo 7: Gabarito confirmado: a resposta correta é C.

💡 Dica: Analise o texto para identificar as possíveis consequências negativas mencionadas.

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