psycho-physiology of technology

Question 1

definition identity

Answer 1

• an internalized psychic system that integrates an individual’s inner self and the outer social world into a congruent whole
• adaptive and complex, and multifacted

Question 2

different identities

Answer 2

• personal
• relational
• social
• collective
• supeficial
• all contribute to individual identity, but they are not all equally important

Question 3

nomophobia

Answer 3

• the feat of being without your mobil phone
• irrational fear of missing out
• based in anxitey, a form of stress

Question 4

functions of cortisol

Answer 4

• evolutionarlily linked to fight or flight
• manage how your body uses carbs, fats, and proteins
  -suppresses inflammation
• regulates your blood pressure
• increases blood glucose levels
• boosts energu so you can handle stress and restures balance afterwards

Question 5

effects of increases (long term) cortisol

Answer 5

• impairment of hippocampal dependant memory tasks
  genesis of increased dose dependance
• as a result, in times of less cortisol: increased anxiety, stress, and hyper sensitivity to potentially stressful sitations