MIDTERM 04 - Technological Diseases

Question 1

Can be caused by spending too much time looking at a screen (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 1

Eye strain

Question 2

Caused by habitually working with our arms and wrists in unnatural positions while using a keyboard, mouse, cellphone, or game console controller (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 2

Tendonitis/Textinitis/Nintendonitis

Question 3

Is a gaming disease characterized by inflammation and red blotches on the palms of your hands after prolonged use of game console controllers (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 3

PlayStation palmar hidradenitis

Question 4

May be suffered by people who habitually listen to music at high volume levels on headphones or earbuds (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 4

Noise-induced hearing

Question 5

Is a psychological disorder characterized by anxiety and stress as a result of fearing that you are missing out on some important or exciting appearance (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 5

FOMO (Fear of missing out) syndrome

Question 6

Is a sign of cellphone dependency; it happens when we have the sensation that our cellphone is vibrating in our pocket, even though it actually isn’t (Examples of technological diseases)

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Phantom vibration syndrome

Question 7

Is the fear some of us experience of not having our cellphone with us, or of not being able to use it because of running out of battery life or not having a good signal (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 7

Nomophobia/No-mobile phone phobia

Question 8

Can be caused by using cellphones and tablets late at night, which is quite common (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 8

Insomnia

Question 9

Is the digital version of hypochrondria; it is the habit of searching the web obsessively for health care information, regardless of the reliability of the information (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 9

Cyberchondria

Question 10

Is drawing increased attention around the world; it includes excesses of online activities including gaming, gambling, sexting, porn, and even just obsessively surfing social media or websites in general (Examples of technological diseases)

Answer 10

Addiction to technology

Question 11

Also referred to as compulsive internet use (CIU), problematic internet use (PIU), or iDisorder; this disorder has rapidly gained ground and has been given serious attention from many researchers as a truly debilitating disorder

Answer 11

Internet addiction disorder