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Running Head: ENG-122 MODULE 5-2 CRITICAL ANALYSIS DRAFT 1 ENG-122 Module 5-2 Critical Analysis Draft Sara L. Fineout Southern New Hampshire University ENG-122-T3800 English Composition 1 Mary Boyle March 19, 2024

ENG-122 MODULE 5-2 CRITICAL ANALYSIS DRAFT 2 I chose the article titled The High Price of Multitasking by Daniel T. Willingham. (Willingham, 2019) I believe that his purpose for writing this article was to shed light on the dangers of multitasking as well the as the cognitive delay while multitasking. Although many people including myself multitask to try to get many things done at a quicker pace it does have its disadvantages. In many cases, the advantages may outweigh the disadvantages although in certain cases it could be dangerous. One example of it being dangerous is using the phone to text or make a call while driving. Using a phone while driving or even walking can take your attention off what you are doing and where you are going and could result in an accident. The article's main claim of multitasking can be dangerous is somewhat biased but supported because the author points out that while everybody multitasks from time to time whether meaning to or not it can slow comprehension rate of your brain and could distract you from your main tasks such as driving and paying attention to the road and traffic which could cause accidents or you not remembering what it was you were studying. I see where he is coming from on this topic as Daniel uses key points such as there are laws in place that prohibit using the phone while driving or even walking, He provides surveys that have been done and studies, and he does acknowledge that multitasking is not always done on purpose, and it is not always dangerous. I believe the Context and purpose of “The High Price of Multitasking” (Willingham, 2019) is that the author has realized that multitasking is not always good and can be dangerous and would like to shed some light on that to other people. I think the tone is serious and the writing style would be expository. At first, I thought he was just trying to say multitasking was dangerous as in life-threatening but by further analysis, I see that is not all he is talking about. I have learned that not every form of multitasking is necessarily on purpose, but all forms come

ENG-122 MODULE 5-2 CRITICAL ANALYSIS DRAFT 3 with their own dangers. Multitasking makes our brains try to do and focus on more than one thing at a time which makes us lose focus on the main thing we are trying to do. the author talks about the dangers of multitasking and how many people multitask even without knowing they are or meaning to. The Title helps portray the author’s idea that the cost of multitasking can be high. The author makes it clear what some of the costs can be when multitasking. Some key points you can get from this article are that even listening to music can be a distraction along with talking to other people. Doing those things can distract you from your main focus which could be driving or studying and this can make it more likely for you to crash or not really retain the information you are studying. Some key points are listed below. • A 2015 survey showed that a majority of students who use social media, text or watch TV while studying think that they can still comprehend the material they're studying. (Willingham, 2019) • Music, likely the most common variety of multitasking, is added to tasks because it heightens arousal (for example, your heart rate increases), making it easier to stick with a long drive or a tedious textbook. Music was once common on factory assembly lines; the British Broadcasting Corporation offered a radio program for this purpose, "Music While You Work," from 1940 until 1967. (Willingham, 2019) • In a classic experiment, subjects viewed a digit-letter pair: for example, "C7." A signal instructed people to classify the letter as a vowel or nonvowel or the digit as odd or even. After the response, a new stimulus and a new signal appeared. When the classification task switched, people responded about 20 percent slower than when it was repeated, because switching requires extra steps: resetting your goal ("ignore digit, attend to letter") and reloading the mental rule ("judge it as vowel or consonant.") (Willingham, 2019)

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