Possible Response Questions:
• Discuss your thoughts about one or more of these disorders.
- Pick a passage from the article and respond to it.
Through your readings, discussions, etc.., what have you learned so far about the impact of the Holocaust? ...the effect of stereotypes, prejudices, racism? ....the effect of the images on the wall?
(What I am looking for in your response is more than just a basic reflection of sorts, but a DEEPER demonstration of your comprehension of this content. I am looking for impactful and relevant responses to show your unyielding capability of synthesizing information together in providing a well-written response.
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ReplyDeleteThe passage I picked is called technoference. I picked this because I can relate to it a lot. But first, if you, like me, are absentminded, allow me to retell. Technoference, in a nutshell, drags down relationships because technological devices interrupt a lot – leisure time, conversations, you name it! It’s not limited to those two, but you get the idea. . . . Anyway, I chose this because, once again, I can relate to this a lot. Not that I suffer from the technoference but a lot of my family members do. Sometimes I have something really interesting to say or that I’ve been dying to tell someone for seemingly hours. Then, I get my golden opportunity, just shimmering so brightly, it nearly blinds me. I’ll try to tell whoever whatever I was going to say but he or she tells me to wait so s/he can finish whatever s/he is doing on his/her device. By the time I get bored waiting I’ll forget what I was going to say and trot off. Occasionally implied person takes a while to notice I left, and even more rarely (though not by a whole lot), I’ll never notice s/he noticed because I’ve already left the room. For instance, once I was at a cinema with five hours’ worth of ads and blaring loud speakers that made me rather listen to my dad rant about. . .um, well, anything. So, naturally, to ensure I will be able to hear my remaining teenage years, I ask Jen [maternal unit] if I can dawdle around the lobby. A simple yes or no question. Actually, I didn’t even ask to. I just said, “I’m gonna wander around the lobby for a while,” to which she told me, “Let me finish this text.” Um, you do your thing and I’m gonna leave . . . ? So I got up and was about to pass her and she told me to wait until she finished her text. Apparently, I guess, don’t know why and don’t care either, she needed to show me the way to the lobby. From where we entered [the left entrance], the grand main entrance, the foyer, I suppose, was right there. You can’t miss it. With my decent sense of direction, all I had to do was meander on over to the right. Eventually I just slipped past her, confused why she needed me to wait for her to finish what she was doing. Loitered around the foyer for several minutes and walked back. She was outraged, just fuming at why I left even though I patently told her I could find the way. Wasn’t quite sure if she or that insipid and uninspired Emoji Movie trailer was louder. But she was just mad because I wasted 30 seconds waiting for her to do something I didn’t need to wait for her to do. It’s maybe not a great example, that little story, but it’s all I got according to both the short list and my questionable memory . . . .
That was an interesting story, but I'm guessing your thoughts of it is of a negative tone. It seemed more like a rant than a discussion, but it was a comprehensible thought about Techno reference. Just a heads up, if you don't want to proof read your own material, there are many proof reading tools to your disposal. Just click on what ever you are using, copy and paste, and then it will give you steps on how to fix any of your errors.
DeleteCertainly will next time. Thank you :-)
DeleteThe phantom ring…. Is it ringing. Is it vibrating? Nope it just your mind. If you have been with a phone for a good while your mind. Phantom ring occurs when your mind believes that your phone is ringing or vibrating when it really isn’t. It is fascinating how the human mind is shaped by our own successes and failures. I can understand and easily comprehend when it is an ideological movement like the Nazi politics or the Anti-War protests during the Vietnam period; but something so drastic as to cause a hallucination in the mind for something so little is utterly fascinating. People can suffer from auditory hallucinations, which I found to be the most surprising, of their phone ringing. I cannot comprehend how this one happens, but I can comprehend how the physical hallucination happens. Our mind is subject to what happens around us. This plays into the idea of conditioning.
ReplyDeleteConditioning is easily understood in two parts, the unconditioned stimulus/response, and the conditioned stimulus/response. The unconditioned stimulus/response is the natural response an organism has with its environment. An example is when a puppy salivates when the puppy sees food. The conditioned response is what the organism learns to react to something. If I was to ring a bell every time I was about to bring out food, and the puppy started to salivate to whenever I rung the bell; then that means the puppy has been conditioned to the bell. The same idea comes into play when we talk about phones.
When you were a kid, did you ever check your pockets because you thought your phone rang? The most plausible answer is no. This is because you most likely did not have a phone. Now when you got a phone, you most likely did not experience the phantom ring. This is because you were not conditioned to vibrations in your pocket to be something related with your phone. After a while you eventually start to experience the phantom ring, because you feel vibrations in your pocket. The vibrations from anything with enough friction in your pocket can make you check your phone even if it did not ring. You have been conditioned to believe that vibrations mean “Oh, I got a message!”. This can be seen with David Laramie’s studies done on this subject.
The phantom ring is not your phone, and it isn’t you being desperate for a text, maybe. It is just your mind playing a mean trick on you. Maybe next time it is the call or text you have been waiting for.
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DeleteI really love your response and how you added in more scientific information to explain the disorder. You really went in depth about how a person can take a small movement of clothes rubbing together as their phone vibrating, after having their phone for so long. As for me, I can't relate to feeling actual vibrations, but instead hearing a sound similar to my phone going off when receiving a message. Your break down of the vibrations is very interesting though, good job. Oh, and the indentations doesn't show up on this format.
DeleteI can relate to almost all of these disorders. The first disorder I could relate to was the Truman Show Delusion which is feeling that someone is watching you. I have always had the feeling that someone was watching me when I would go outside or walk home from the bus. I could also relate to Cyberchondria which is someone who researches and diagnose their own illness online. I often do this when I am sick. If I felt something was wrong with me, I would search up the symptoms I have and think of the worst. This caused me to worry more about something that could have been no more serious that a cold. Nomophobia is panicking when separated from your phone or tablet. I used my phone a lot, daily, so when I am away from it, or leave it somewhere I get bored easily and mopey. One time I left my phone at school and I panicked. Technoference is when devices interrupts relationships. I do believe this is true. Most couples spent their time on their phone and on social media instead of interacting and communicating with their partner. I think phones are one of the main problem in any relationship because the person is more attached to their phone rather than the person. I also believe that devices take away time that could be spent with the person you love. The Phantom Ring is thinking your phone is ringing when it really isn’t. I have done this a couple of times. There were times where I thought I heard my phone ringing. The people around me mainly thought either I was crazy or hearing things. A lot of people in my family do this. A day doesn’t go by where somewhere in my house is asking “is that my phone ringing?” or “do you hear my phone ringing?”.
ReplyDeleteThere are a couple of disorders that I can relate to, such as Nomophobia, Phantom Ringing, Cyberchondria, and Truman Show Delusion. There has been many time that I have had a melt down or panic attack when I couldn't find my phone which coincides with Nomophobia. I sometimes hear my phone ringing when it is dead silent in the house and I'm alone. I am a victim of Cyberchondria, there have been many times I have diagnosed myself but every time I self diagnosed I always end up with the diagnoses of anxiety. The last disorder I could relate to was Truman Show Delusion. On a regular basis I feel as if I am being watched, I'm not sure if it comes from all the government conspiracies I hear or all the crime shows I watch but something I feel as if hackers and the government can see me through the camera on my phone and the camera on my computer.
ReplyDeleteDisorder four, Cyberchondria is widely used by many people and is still effecting countless people. Usually when people know that what they are doing is harming them more than or is helping them they stop doing it, but people continue to self diagnose knowing that this is causing more stress on themselves and their doctor. Cyberchondria has been around for many years but continues to cause more problems. Some the problems caused are more work for doctors and taking medicine that isn’t needed. By self diagnosing you come to your doctor with you problem already solved but the doctor has to take time and convince you that you aren’t really sick with what you think you are, and then take more time to inform you of what you really have. When you self diagnose you could possibly be taking medicine when you’re truly not sick or not sick enough for extreme medicines. New diseases are discovered every day and the internet and Cyberchondria both continue to evolve causing these New diseases to be spread and known widely. As knew disease become
The authors claim is that technology has changed our brain functions causing different brain disorders. The need, or more like obsession, of our digital devices have altered our brains in not so good ways. Sadly, I can relate to three of these disorders, which are Nomophobia, the phantom ring and Cyberchondria. Nomophobia is the panicky feeling you get when your separated from your phone or other hand-held digital devices. This is so true for me! I lost my phone in the foam pit at Airbound once and I literally hade a panic attack. I felt unstable without it until I got it back the next week, after they cleaned out the foam pit. I think when you’re on your phone so much, you build a connection with it and when its gone, you just go crazy. Next is the phantom ring. The phantom ring is the "perception that one’s phone is ringing". This doesn't happen to me a lot, but when it does I just be like "I know I'm not crazy". In the article, it says that the cause of this could just be your clothes rubbing against your skin giving off a kind of phone vibration. I don't agree with this because I really hear my phone ringing instead of just feeling a little vibration. Last would be cyberchondria. Cyberchondria is when you diagnose yourself based off internet information on your symptoms. I agree with the fact that when you do this, the diagnosis you get are wrong more than most of the time. This only stresses you out, I would know from personal experience, and takes away from your doctor’s job. How much I can to more than half of these brain disorders really shows that my phone “obsession” has gotten out of hand, and that our digital devices are doing harm to our minds.
ReplyDeleteThis most recent AOW is about five new brain disorders that were born out of the digital age.
ReplyDeleteNow I know that most of these so called “brain disorders “ have made a rise in the last twenty years with availability of hundreds of different types of smart phones , and all the new features being created for them. With this I do not think that some of these should be listed as disorders. The definition of Disorder is a disruption of normal physical or mental functions; a disease or abnormal condition, all these conditions are technology disorders but three out of the five listed are not disruptions of normal or mental functions. These three are Technoference which is described as “interruptions in leisure time”, the next one is the phantom ring which is believing that your phone is ringing or vibrating when in reality it is not, and lastly there is cyberchondria which happens when people look up their symptoms and diagnose themselves. I do not think that these should be listed as disorders, this is because Technoference is just people on their phone, it's not them spending too much time on it it's just a buffer for, one to ignore others, and technology is becoming the new leisure time. The phantom ring, I know just about everyone has heard their name being called but when you ask “did you say my name”? they say “no”, this happens because of something called “matrixing”. Matrixing happens when your brain can't fully comprehend something because there is missing information, so your brain fills in the blanks the same thing happens when you look at a shadow and you think it's in the shape of something without that thing actually being there, thus hearing your phone ring when it's not actually ringing. Cyberchondria happens when people don't want to pay to go to the doctor, are scared of when they might have or believe that the person who typed the article about the same symptoms that person has they atomically think that it's true when it may not be.