Psychology 2035A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sherry Turkle, Robert Kegan, Hermann Ebbinghaus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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2035- chapter 1 adjusting to modern life. Despite tech. advances social prob & personal difficulties seem more prominent/prevalent than before. Some argue that quality of life/ pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)al fulfill(cid:373)e(cid:374)t : modern tech. provided us with countless timesaving devices (phone-talk while traffic, calculator, dishwasher) Counterpoint: most complain about not enough time, overflow sched. Majority of people believe not enough time for themselves. Peter whybrow: problem because work follows people home through tech. (became not the tools of liberation) People cut back on sleep, epidemic of sleep deprivation in us. (cid:272)h(cid:396)o(cid:374)i(cid:272) sleep loss: (cid:374)eg. effe(cid:272)t o(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s da(cid:455)ti(cid:373)e fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)ing, mental & physical health: exponential increase in range of life choices available. Education choices flexible college curricula, online option, where will work. Choice on intimate relationships: marry, cohabit & physical appearance (plastic surgery) Counterpoint: barry shwartz: choice overloads/ struggle with decisions. Too much time to make choice & ruminating if optimal, post-decision/anticipated regret. Simple visit to supermarket ton of choices (1/285 cookies, 1/150 lipsticks)