Adolescents and Technology

Question 1

Social Alienation

Melvin Seeman idenitified these five distinct elements of social alienation

Answer 1

1. powerlessness
2. meaninglessness
3. normlessness
4. social isolation
5. self-estrangment

Question 2

Alienation Study

Powerlessness

Answer 2

• Belief ones behaviour cannot determine desired outcome.
• Cannot bridge gap between action they’d like to take and what they are capable of
• Belief that one doesn’t have the necessary skills or means to accomplish a goal.

Question 3

Alienation Study

Normlessness

Answer 3

• When social norms deteriorate and no longer act as a guide for personal beaviour
• Difficulty identifying dominant values of society
• No connection between onseself and the rules that govern one’s behvaiour

Question 4

Alienation Study

Social Isolation

Answer 4

Alienation almost always leads to social isolation and complete withdraw as they prefer to be alone all the time.

Question 5

Self-estrangement

Answer 5

State of emotional and psychological being in which one denies personal interests and prefers to be disengaged.

Question 6

for which age group is suicide the third leading cause of death?

Answer 6

Ages 10-14

Reported by John Hopkins

• Boys are four times more likely to die from suicide than girls
• Girls are more likely to attempt suicide than boys

Question 7

Maté

Answer 7

theory of peer orientation

Question 8

maté

peer orentation

Answer 8

• peers take the place of parents as major socialization agents
• Even more harmful when one esperiences peeer rejection or bullying
• Victim may feel isolated and alienated which can lead to sucicidal thoughts if bullying is prolonged

Question 9

Durkheim

On suicide

Answer 9

A social phenomenon.

“Deterioration, or collapse, of social relationships, as well as highly overbearing social relationships, can lead an individual to choose suicide as a remedy”

Question 10

Durkheim

Altruistic suicide

Answer 10

Sees their dying as meeting a greater cause; if they feel they are a burden on a group

Question 11

Durkheim

Egoistic Suicide

Answer 11

Not supported by a cohesive social group; overpowering sense of personal responsibility = guilt over moral weakness/failure;ostracized;isolated and helpless in times of stress; social group has little effect on the individual