Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Television: Its Potential Role in the Cognitive and Emotional Development of the Child; Chapter 2 The Developmental Study: Participants, Variables, and Procedures; Chapter 3 A Year to Grow: Patterns of TV-Viewing, Behavior, and Language; Chapter 4 Dimensions of Spontaneous Play; Chapter 5 Imaginary Playmates; Chapter 6 Television-Viewing and Aggression Play Observations; Chapter 7 Family Interviews: Home Life Style, TV-Viewing, and Aggression; Chapter 8 Parent-Intervention Study: Rationale, Method, Results; Chapter 9 Television and Imagination: What We Have Learned and What Still Lies Ahead;