The Digital World
True or False: The introduction of technology in modern society has altered the way people process information
True or False: Using the internet frequently makes you less likely to reference it in the future to find information
False
True or False: Chou and Edge (2012) concluded that people who used Facebook and other forms of social media more are happier
False
True or False: Heightened emotions during an event form memories that are more accurate.
Neither. Heightened emotions have been found to both increase and decrease memory recall accuracy.
True or False: Young people between the ages of 16 and 24 spend more than 27 hours a week on the Internet.
True
Define the Google effect
The belief that people are using the Internet as a personal memory bank
List two positive influences of technology on thinking.
- Enhanced problem solving abilities
- Process information faster
- Increased hand-eye coordination from video games
Identify the corresponding vocabulary term to a vivid, long-lasting memory about a surprising or shocking event that has happened in the past.
Flashbulb memory
What is the effect where participants are reluctant to provide any information about themselves in order to avoid being negatively judged?
Social Desirability Effect
What is the type of evidence that is solely backed up by an individuals personal observations and experiences?
Anecdotal Evidence
Identify the bias in which we can select the information which affirms our current beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
Identify the study which studied the formation of flashbulb memories following the Challenger disaster.
Neisser and Harsh (1992)
Define emotional contagion.
Example Definition: The transfer of emotional states from one person to another.
Identify the 2011 study which aimed to investigate whether or not the internet has become an additional memory store that people rely on.
Sparrow et al.
Outline the difference between self-concept and self-esteem.
Self-concept: Our view of who we are and our identity
Self-esteem: Our emotional response to our self concept
What is the aim of Mueller and Oppenheimer (2014)?
To determine whether taking notes by hand, or digitally were more effective than one another.
Short term; long term; procedural; episodic; transactive
Define Social Comparison Orientation.
A personal trait in which people exhibit different degrees of uncertainty about reality and self-knowledge which leads to higher or lower levels of social comparison.
Identify the study which tasked participants with answering questions on the Charlie Hebdo French newspaper shooting, in order to test the accuracy of flashbulb memories.
Gandolphe and El Haj