Five-year-old Sandi has spent the last two hours watching cartoons on her mother's laptop rather than playing outside with the neighbor friends.Sandi's behavior illustrates __________, a term describing the choice to engage with media rather than in other activities.

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The behavior illustrated by Sandi is known as the displacement effect, which refers to the choice to engage in media consumption rather than other activities that may be more beneficial or productive.

Five-Year-Old Sandi Has Spent the Last Two Hours Watching Cartoons