Mental Health and Stress
This everyday academic pressure is a common cause of student stress, often leading to trouble focusing and headaches.
What is homework or heavy workload?
A source of information, presented in the form of sheets of paper.
What is a Newspaper?
Spending long hours on screens can cause this physical symptom, especially in students.
What is eye strain?
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 caused the start of this major global conflict.
What is World War I?
Lack of this basic need can cause increased irritability and anxiety, especially in teens.
What is sleep?
When news outlets focus on negative stories, it often leads to this effect on viewers’ outlook.
What is a more negative worldview?
Fast internet speeds have led to this effect, where people expect information instantly.
What is impatience or reduced attention span?
The harsh economic conditions of the Great Depression led to this U.S. government program of reforms under FDR.
What is the New Deal?
Constant comparison on social media can cause lower self-esteem and this negative feeling about oneself.
What is insecurity or self-doubt?
Social media algorithms show users posts similar to what they already like, which can cause this “bubble” effect.
What is an echo chamber?
Social media “likes” can trigger this chemical in the brain, making apps addictive.
What is dopamine?
The invention of the printing press in the 1400s caused a massive increase in this, changing education forever.
What is literacy?
Long-term unmanaged stress can cause this serious mental health disorder characterized by persistent sadness
What is depression?
The rise of 24-hour news networks in the 1980s led to this effect, where stories are covered with Urgency even when little new information exists.
What is sensationalism?
Over-dependence on technology in schools can lead to this effect when the Wi-Fi fails.
What is a loss of productivity or inability to work?
The failure of the Treaty of Versailles to create lasting peace led to the rise of dictators, contributing to this 20th-century war.
What is World War II?
Stress triggers the release of this hormone, which in high levels causes exhaustion and weakened immunity.
What is cortisol?
When people rely on only one political news source, it can cause this effect on their ability to evaluate issues fairly.
What is bias or one-sided thinking?
Data collection by apps and websites can lead to this loss of personal control over information.
What is loss of privacy?
European colonization in the Americas caused this demographic disaster for Indigenous peoples.
What is population decline due to disease?