THE IMPACT OF ONLINE GAMES ON SOCIAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT ON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Abstract
Online game is a fond kind of game that has becomes the most favorite of adults, teenagers, and even children gamers who are still under mental the development. Related to this issue, online games have a lot of either positive or negative impact towards children. Some of the negative impacts are on social development such as addiction, resentment, rudeness, anti-social, being isolated, and less of socializations skill. Otherwise, the positive impacts of this online game are habituating children to be responsible, friendly, visionary, having self-control, hard-working, and being a person who likes to share, and many other impacts. In line with social development, online games also give effect to children cognitive development, for instance, children who play a game online have a strong memory, better problem-solving skills, capability to synchronize their brains, hands and their eyes, and they have a high comprehension skill.
Keywords
Online Games, Social, Cognitive Development