Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Materialism, Sleep Deprivation, Mental Scale

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

Document Summary

We live in a time where we have made extraordinary technological progress, but where social and personal problems are more prominent than ever before this is the paradox of progress. Point: modern technology has provided us with countless time-saving devices. Technologies such as phones, cars, etc. save us time. Counterpoint: many people still complain about not having enough time. Surveys show that most people feel they have less and less time for themselves. This could be because work follows people home due to the technological progress we have made phone and email tethers people to their jobs. Many people suffer from sleep deprivation from working so often, which (cid:374)egati(cid:448)ely effe(cid:272)ts people"s mental and physical health. Point: the range of life choices available to people in modern societies has increased exponentially in recent decades. People have choices and options for everything goods & services, education, how/where they work, relationships, and their looks.