SOC 3116 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Job Satisfaction, Neuroplasticity, Internet Addiction Disorder
18 May 2016
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Has changed the way we deal with the news and politics. Phones are modeled in a way that you can access your phone 200 times a day for a few seconds at a time. Desensitized - no longer considered rude to use your phones. Always online method is worse, takes time away from you, ineffective, Productivity paradox- more you invest technology the less productive you become. We are not multitaskers - only do things one a time. Students using cellphones did not detect the clown- intentional blindness is associated with cellphones. Delusions- that cellphone users believe they see everything may contribute to texting and driving. Texters look away from the road for 4. 6 seconds. 23x more likely to get into an accident. We can only do one a task a time all we do fast task switching. Perception we are getting more done but in fact we are not. Multi tasking --- less memory, less efficient, more easily distracted.
