Multitasking is the handling of more than one task at the same time by a single person. Some people‚ are able to multitask better than others. There’s nothing wrong if a person has trouble multitasking‚ some people are just able to conduct more activities at the same time. Research says that the ability of multitasking‚ can depend on the gender of a person. Scientist say that men are slower transitioning from task to task than women. Although‚ women are faster‚ they also struggle with managing various
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Professor Adrienne Cassel English 112 24 September 2010 Summary of “Multitasking Can Make You Lose…Um…Um…Focus …Focus” Alina Tugend According to Alina Tugend in the article “Multitasking Can Make You Lose” people are more prone to doing multiple things at once. Although multitasking may seem to preserve more time‚ according to many studies will produce less effective results. Since the early 1990’s multitasking has been thought of as an efficient way of saving time in our busy everyday
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about the pros ‚ than the cons ‚ and finally how to avoid the cons. Here are some pros of using technology. One huge thing it is use for is education. Study shows that students that grown up with technology have multitasking skills for retrieving information that are more accurate. Another thing that is good for is medical. If we didn’t had all of these technology in hospitals today. We wouldn’t have cured all these diseases and types of
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FACEBOOK‚ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE‚ MULTITASKING AND SELF-ESTEEM Tajana Ljubin Golub‚ Ph.D. Department for Educational Sciences‚ Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb‚ Croatia Marina Miloloža Department for Educational Sciences‚ Faculty of Teacher Education University of Zagreb‚ Croatia ABSTRACT Objectives of this study were to compare Facebook users and non-users on self-esteem and academic achievement variables and to investigate the factors related to perceived positive and/or negative
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leads to multitasking. Multitasking should not be done while driving. A study has reveled that drivers who believe they are skilled at multitasking actually are least likely to be able to do so safely. The more people multitask by talking on cell phones and driving‚ the more they lack the actual ability to multitask. During the study 70 percent of participants thought they were above average at multitasking‚ when a mere 6 percent actually were. If you believe you ’re the rare multitasking pro who
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Tugend‚ Alina. “Multitasking Can Make You Lose…Um…Focus.” The Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings. Ed. Richard Bullock and Maureen Daly Goggin. New York: W.W. Norton and Company‚ 2013. 714-718. Print. Tugend believes that multitasking does not mean doing several things while simultaneously tasking. People can and should train themselves to have a longer attention span and focus on a longer task. Society believes that technology and busy lives demand and facilitate multitasking. Attention span
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Textbook Study Notes CHAPTER 1 – INTRO TO COG PSYCH Cognitive Psychology is the branch of psychology concerned with the scientific study of the mind The Mind creates and controls mental functions such as perception‚ attention‚ memory‚ emotions‚ language‚ thinking and reasoning. It is a system that creates representations of the world so that we can act within it to achieve our goals. Donder’s Pioneering Experiment He was interested in determining how long it takes a person to make a decision
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is not maintained. While people’s thoughts regarding the two sides are intriguing‚ the question is‚ are the negative effects gradually outnumbering the positive ones? In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” written by Nicholas Carr‚ and “The Multitasking Generation” by Claudia Wallis‚ we are presented with ways in which technology affects the daily lifestyle of human being. Even though both authors perceive some of the beneficial uses of modern technology‚ they ultimately pinpoint the negative
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done. This benefits Watkins’ argument because other college students will be the same way and want to stop after reading his essay. Watkins cemented his purpose with a strong conclusion‚ which called his audience to action. He urged them to stop multitasking‚ as it will hurt academically and sociologically. His powerful last sentence explains to the audience that if they continue to multitask and consume huge amounts of media‚ they may know information‚ but will lack intelligence. In addition‚ Watkins
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in the year of 2011. It is a powerful device it is not as great as Apple but it has it’s own great features. It is the best tablet out so far other than the Ipad 2. The System running on the Hp TouchPad is call “webOS” it the next level of multitasking‚ and has a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon dual-core APQ8060 processor that gives you a crazy fast speed. Also‚ The HP Touchpad has the media software called “Beats Audio™” that means when you listen to music you will have high quality and have amazing
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