PSYC 2030 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Convenience Sampling, Dependent And Independent Variables, Human Behaviour
12 Jun 2015
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You"ll be less stressed if you check your email less frequently is the title of an article recently published in the science of us section of the online magazine: nymag. com. The article presents the findings of a recently published study featured in computers in human behaviours, on the relationship between email checking and stress. In the article, the author gives a condensed and easy to understand description of the original study"s method, result, conclusion and even some extraneous factors that may have contributed to study"s findings. After stating the source of its information, the article promptly goes on to describe the experiment as follows: Participants assigned to one of two conditions: email application and notification off and check email three times a day or email application and notification on and check email as often as possible. Each group participated in each condition once: one week of limited email checking followed by one week of unlimited email checking or vice versa.
