Nearly Two-Thirds of American Teens and Tweens Use AI Chatbots, Surveys Find

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1. Question 1 · Single choice

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   What is the article’s central claim about chatbot use among American youth?

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   1. Chatbots are primarily replacing classroom instruction nationwide.
   2. Young people use chatbots for academic, social, and emotional purposes.
   3. Researchers have proven that chatbots directly worsen adolescent mental health.
   4. Most popular chatbots are designed exclusively for children under thirteen.
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   Young people use chatbots for academic, social, and emotional purposes.

   The article emphasizes widespread, multifaceted use while maintaining caution about causation.

   The technology is used for practical purposes, such as schoolwork, but also for companionship and emotional support when young people feel stressed, lonely, anxious, or overwhelmed.

2. Question 2 · Single choice

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   What can reasonably be inferred from the age-related findings?

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   1. Chatbot use generally declines after children enter adolescence.
   2. Younger children are prohibited from encountering chatbot technology.
   3. Chatbot use becomes increasingly prevalent during early adolescence.
   4. Only teenagers, rather than children, use chatbots for companionship.
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   Chatbot use becomes increasingly prevalent during early adolescence.

   The figures suggest chatbot exposure begins early and becomes more common with age.

   By age 13, nearly three-quarters had used chatbots.

3. Question 3 · Single choice

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   What does “the technology” refer to in the third paragraph?

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   1. The JED Foundation’s survey methodology
   2. Artificial intelligence chatbots
   3. The students’ schoolwork
   4. Mental-health indicators
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   Artificial intelligence chatbots

   The phrase refers back to the AI chatbot discussed in the preceding sentence.

   Nearly two-thirds said they used the technology both for schoolwork and as a companion or source of support during difficult moments.

4. Question 4 · Single choice

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   Why are the students’ examples included?

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   1. To demonstrate practical applications of chatbots
   2. To challenge the reliability of both surveys
   3. To prove that students avoid independent work
   4. To introduce regulations governing chatbot design
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   Answer

   To demonstrate practical applications of chatbots

   Their examples concretize the broader survey findings about organizational and educational uses.

   Some students describe chatbots as organizational and educational tools.

5. Question 5 · Single choice

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   How does the final paragraph qualify the reported association?

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   1. It argues that emotional support is never a legitimate chatbot use.
   2. It states that chatbot use definitely causes psychological distress.
   3. It acknowledges that causality may run in either direction.
   4. It dismisses mental-health indicators as irrelevant to the surveys.
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   It acknowledges that causality may run in either direction.

   The paragraph distinguishes statistical association from a demonstrated causal relationship.

   Researchers say the relationship may ultimately operate in both directions.

6. Question 6 · Single choice

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   Which relationship between schoolwork and emotional support does the article highlight?

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   1. Emotional support appears nearly as common as academic assistance.
   2. Academic assistance has almost entirely replaced emotional support.
   3. Emotional support is limited to students who avoid schoolwork.
   4. Academic assistance is available only through professional counselors.
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   Emotional support appears nearly as common as academic assistance.

   The article presents these uses as increasingly comparable in frequency among young people.

   She noted that young people now seem almost as likely to use the technology for emotional support as for homework.

7. Question 7 · Single choice

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   Why does the article mention that Maheux was not involved in the surveys?

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   1. To establish that she conducted both surveys herself
   2. To indicate that her interpretation comes from an independent perspective
   3. To show that she rejects the surveys’ statistical methods
   4. To explain why she specializes exclusively in educational technology
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   Answer

   To indicate that her interpretation comes from an independent perspective

   Her independence strengthens her role as an external expert interpreting the findings.

   Developmental psychologist Anne Maheux of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who was not involved in the surveys, said the findings were striking because chatbot use appears to have expanded dramatically within only a few years.

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