L10 Technology

Question 1

Information and Communication Technology ICT

Answer 1

Focus on consumers rather than designers

Technology is designed to serve us

Question 2

Maslow’s Triangle of Basic Needs

Answer 2

Self-actualization
esteem
love/belonging
safety
physiological

Question 3

Basic needs by Kenrick

Answer 3

Parenting
Mate retention
mate acquisition
status/esteem
affiliation
self-protection
immediate physiological needs

Question 4

Technology

Answer 4

may serve as a complement/ expand the realm of social interactions

Complement, Interfere, Replace

Question 5

Fentanyl

Answer 5

Fentanyl is an Opioid
Experiment testing social support thru technology
At hospital after injury:When are you least likely to ask for Fentanyl?
- when you have social support

Social support condition was that in which the patient was allowed to text family/friends during the procedure
- 7 times less likely to ask for fentanyl (vs. control)

Question 6

Complement vs. Interfere

Answer 6

Social interactions have changed, and technology may interfere with daily life
People use phones at restaurants, parties, when interacting with children
50% of millennials check their phone during conversation and while eating
80% have used their phone while having sex
70% of children perceive their parents’ phones as an adult blinky

Question 7

Measures affected by increased used of electronics

Answer 7

Mindful attention
- lower
Social connectedness
- in study at science world, interfered with spending time with children
Mood
- lower
Sense of meaning and purpose
- lower

Question 8

Social relationships and interactions study

Answer 8

Study at a Starbucks

1) social interaction- happier
- have a genuine interaction with the cashier, including brief conversation

2) efficient interaction
- minimal interaction, avoid unnecessary conversatoin

Question 9

Phones can be Antisocial devices

Answer 9

Used to avoid being bored but also to avoid Others around you

Waiting period study

• looked at interference
• measured positive affect
• w/ phone vs. without
• w/ peer vs. alone

Waiting alone without phone had more positive affect
Waiting with peer and without phone had greatest positive affect

Question 10

Replacement

Answer 10

The good, the bad, the Ugly
Constantly connected to phone- 54% of millennials

Facebook study
- the more people used their phone earlier in the day, the worse their later mood

Question 11

Social connectedness

Answer 11

Experiment on college campus, looking for directions
- either using app on phone or asking strangers

Those who were phoneless felt more social connectedness
(although those who had their phones were in a better mood mediated thru an interaction effect)

Phones have a dual effect on happiness

Question 12

Benefits vs. Costs

Answer 12

Availability of social rewards
- Science world vs. knee surgery

Need for convenience vs. connection
- final exam vs. freshman week

Question 13

Trust

Answer 13

another measure of social capital

Less trust towards neighbors and strangers with increased phone use
- although this effect is not seen for family members

Yet, other sources of information are related with more trust?

Question 14

Pervasive Connectivity

Answer 14

Hours of watching TV per day and hours of community involvement (ex. voting, campaign work)
- those who watched a lot of TV were Not very involved

However,
- those that were involved were usually well informed and watched current affairs programs often (more than those who were uninvolved)

Paradoxical