Multitasking Research Paper

Multitasking: A Poor Study Habit by Noelle Alberto shows that multitasking is a bad thing do when studying. Ablerto gives four main points in her article, those points being, that multitasking while studying doesn’t save time, multitasking doesn’t prepare you for the business world, damages the students ability to learn, and causes students not to gain the trait that helps for paying attention. Throughout her article she provides evidence to prove these four points to a decent extent. I would disagree with the point that multitasking isn’t saving time because of having to switch back and forth between tasks. I don’t believe this point because personally I know I save time from multitasking while studying.

The use of technology has brought many changes to the way we live our lives every day. It has been said that technology has only brought new and better aspects into our lives. While others may say that our lives have been over taken by the invention of technology and that it is all we ever think about, also that it brings great risks. This statement is true. We have been sucked into technology and has brought risks such as distractions, loss of focus, and trouble processing information.

My experience in multitasking has proved to be inefficient because of how much time I actually wasted in the long run. I was studying for a test I had while finishing my homework for another class while watching TV. Three tasks at once seemed crazy now that I think about it and it was the longest night I had studying. My brain did not process all of the material I had to know for the test tomorrow and I did not even finish the homework that day.

It did not go very well. My multitasking while writing this paper consisted of reading the two sources, listening to some loud music, texting one of my friends, and watching Game of Thrones on T.V., all while trying to type my response in a timely and accurate fashion. Initially, my physical health is one of the first things I noticed changing. My muscles became more lethargic and my bones became stiffer. Basic tasks and social activities seem to require more energy than I am willing to commit to because I am “too busy” completing one task over the other.

Findings regarding multitasking seems to be a lot of talk in Psychology. Theme four says that humans are responsible limited agents and we have agency, meaning the ability to act as agents in the world. This involves the ability to chose, but it is limited. This relates to multitasking. Multitasking is the practice of doing multiple things at the same time (SGWN pg 135). Theme four can relate to multitasking because having agency implies not only we make choices but also that we can change ourselves in some way. Theme four is relating to multitasking and saying that we have the choice to multitask and do multiple things at one time even though there are limitations on how much we are able to change since we exist in a particular time and place.

In class today, we did an activity and watched a Mythbusters video and the topic of the day: distraction. When we are distracted, some of us may know while others won’t know their being distracted. Multitasking may be useful in some cases but is proven to be inefficient. This is because our minds need to work on a specific task and if their not doing a specific task and is doing multiple things at once then we will work much slower than we expect. From the activity, we did in class, my partner and I had to do basic math with the following conditions: no distractions, saying the ABC’s and saying in reverse order of what we ate for the last two days.We also had to time ourselves to see how quick we could do it and then our results would be placed

Becker, M. W., Alzahabi, R., & Hopwood, C. J. (2013). Media Multitasking Is Associated with Symptoms of Depression and Social Anxiety. Cyberpsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 16(2), 132-135. doi:10.1089/cyber.2012.0291

I loved these articles because they give me scientific proof on why I do not do my chores. The next time my mom yells at me for not doing my chores I will show her the scientific proof, which will probably get me in more trouble, but it’s worth a try. These articles were very surprising for me because I did not expect people to document things like how teencagers are lazy and are risk takers. Parents these days, especially mine, think that I simply choose to be lazy but that is not true at all. According to the articles, teens cannot multitask because of cognitive limitations. The part of the brain that is responsible for multitasking continues to until late adolescence. Finally, something I can show to my parents on why I am so lazy and I am not choosing to disobey them. I am just not fully developed yet and cannot multitask until I am older.

Most people in these days try to be efficient at their work. They work hard to accomplish their job as much as soon as possible. Most businesspeople and students multitask, and they think it is necessary to be productive. However, some people do not agree with it and think that multitasking is a bad habit. Ultimately, there are more cons than pros for multitasking. I believe that multitasking is not beneficial at all because it makes people unfocused and ineffective.

Stereotyping says females are the queens of multitasking, but are we? As I begun my research on multitasking, I found an array of discoveries made by a wide range of people, from students like myself to average adults to credible professionals. Nothing was constant.

Radio Do you ever feel like you have too many things that need to be done, but there is not enough time within a day? A solution to this dilemma has surfaced for it to be the revolutionary method of multitasking. Multitasking is the performance of two or more activities done simultaneously or by task switching. In modern day, it is evident (particularly in younger generations) that we are conditioning ourselves to multitask with the interaction of high media usage, which is occurring at an unprecedented fashion.

In today's соmреtitivе world, еvеrуоnе is trying to еxсеl and make an identity for themselves. In оrdеr to еxсеl in today's world multitasking is a must. Today, ѕtudеntѕ have very hectic schedules, and thеу cannot dеvоtе their full time and energy to their math аѕѕignmеnt and оthеr writing assignments. This is a matter of concern not оnlу for the ѕtudеntѕ but аlѕо for their раrеntѕ. Thеу tоо start to feel the stress because of the assignment рrеѕѕurе. If a ѕtudеnt skips a lесturе it wоuld be difficult for them to complete the аѕѕignmеnt in the given time period. The рrоblеm gets very real when the student find's nоbоdу is there to give them professional advice. One of the results would be: they lоѕе intеrеѕt in thаt раrtiсulаr ѕubjесt.

An associate professor of psychology at the university of California at Los Angeles said that focusing on one thing at a time may give a better understanding of a topic than multitasking. This shows that concentrating on one subject can be more beneficial than trying to multitask.The investigators from the lab of Larry Rosen, a psychology professor at California State University-Domingues Hills, marked down what students were doing while studying this includes reading a book, writing a paper, typing on the computer-also using email, listening to music, and surfing the web. This shows that students attempt other activities while studying/doing homework, in fact do more of the other stuff than their work.

Laziness and poor time management are also the effects of the internet. It can occur due to the addiction on the internet. Social media’s like Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter and other more are more bringing laziness and poor time management in our life. Poor time management leads to procrastination, which is delaying or postponing work for an additional time. As an infinite storage of entertainment, the Internet is somehow similar to the black hole that leaves no way to get out. As a result, their academic achievement goes down gradually while the electronic bill payment keeps increasing. One of the main disadvantages of social networking is the distraction in daily life. The majority of people could not go an hour without checking for updates, and this could cause us to get distracted from what is essential in life. Therefore, many people spend their majority of their time on the internet for headlines photographs, or

People have always wanted to be able to get things done quicker. Whether it be a student wanting to finish a paper, while making plans so that they can go hang out with their friends, or a worker wanting to finish a task, but finish setting up lunch plans with other coworkers so that they can relax and take a break, people are constantly looking for ways of saving time and doing more than one thing at once. However, with all of this search for an answer of ways to multitask comes another question, is multitasking beneficial? How can multitasking be bad?