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a. Does television makes children more aggressive?

Brainstormed keywords:

television, TV, movies, cartoons, media, programs

children, kids, pre-schoolers, teenagers, adolescents, schools

aggressive, aggression, violence, violent, fighting, fights

Some potential search strings (remember, there are many more!): (television OR TV) AND children AND agress* (television OR TV) AND (pre-schoolers OR children) (television OR TV) AND school* AND (aggress* OR violen*) (cartoons OR movies) AND (teenagers OR adolescents) AND violen* "TV programs" AND (child* OR kids) AND (agress* OR violen* OR fight*)

b. Does home schooling cause children to be anti-social?

Brainstormed keywords:

home schooling, home schools, home schooled, school system, public schools

anti-social, socialization, friends, peers, isolation, isolated

Some potential search strings (remember, there are many more!): “home school*” AND anti-social “home school*” AND (friends OR peers) “public school system ” AND socialization “home school*” AND isolat*

c. Should euthanasia be legalized as a humane way to end the suffering of terminally ill patients?

Brainstormed keywords:

euthanasia, mercy killing, assisted suicide, physician assisted suicide

terminal illness, terminally ill patients, pain, suffer, suffering

legalized, legal, illegal, criminal offence, acceptable, humane, choice, murder, pros and cons, wrong

Some potential search strings (remember, there are many more!): euthanasia AND (legal* OR humane) euthanasia AND murder euthanasia AND “pros and cons” euthanasia AND suffer* euthanasia AND suffer* AND choice “assisted suicide” OR euthanasia OR “mercy killing” (“assisted suicide” OR euthanasia OR “mercy killing”) and (illegal OR "criminal offence" OR wrong)

d. Is spanking is a good way to discipline children?

Brainstormed keywords:

spanking, spank, corporal punishment

discipline, disciplining, benefits, positive, negative, advantages, disadvantages, effects, effective

children, child, kids, young children, school children, schools, school

Some potential search strings (remember, there are many more!): spank* and benefits spank* and disciplin* “corporal punishment” and (advantages OR disadvantages) (“corporal punishment” or spank*) and school* spank* and "young child*"

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