Behaviour is something we acquire and shape it to fit our requirements. Behaviour is shaped by an individual’s interaction with culture and environment. This behavioural report will focus on the undesired behaviour, which is the heavy internet usage. The report will aim to establish baseline, monitor the behaviour and execute treatments to reduce and control the undesired behaviour. Internet addiction is defined as the indulgent or overuse of the internet. Extreme internet use occurs daily in my life, regardless during anytime of the day. The undesired behaviour that is the internet addiction has to reduce the usage in order to have a positive impact on the life. The heavy internet usage has to be reduced, and in its place introduce hobbies and time for study. Boredom is the main cause for the need to use internet. In the internet there are comics, television shows and other activities that could help elevate boredom. Due to the heavy internet use, socializing with family and friends have been significantly reduced. The repeated heavy internet usage has an impact on the physical burden and mental stressors on my life. The internet usage has been a repeated behaviour since I was twelve years old. The internet usage has been my repeated behaviour for a long time …show more content…
Treatment Data: Internet Usage vs. Study Time
The treatment plan was altered after a week, for three days. I increased the positive reinforcement of awarding internet usage from two hours to three hours. The delayed positive reinforcement was awarded at the end of the day. The increase of positive reinforcement did not change undesired behaviour at all, the undesired behaviour was consistent. For the last four days all the treatment plans were removed to observe the undesired behaviour without any reinforcements and punishments. The monitored undesired behaviour was consistent throughout the behaviour modification experiment. Figure 3. Thinning and Monitoring Data
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In the article, “Caught in the Web: More People Say Heavy Internet Use is Disrupting Their Lives, and Medical Experts are Paying Attention” by January W. Payne argues that using technology too much, has consequences that can affect the people around, and the individual’s health as well. At the same time, many people use internet excessively, and do not realize that, they might get further from the outside world. According to a research by Stanford University, demonstrated, that people spend on the internet about 3 or more hours daily. Many people are getting addictive to the internet, because they see it as an escape from problems, while others use it as a way to relax themselves. As people addiction to the internet increase, people isolate
Kwiatkowska examined 100 students aged 19 to 24 years old and resulted that due to long term stay online, young people have problem in learning, work and family’s duties, online stay above 5 hours a day maybe followed by increased risk of addiction (Kwiatkowska et.al, 2007). Excessive user and addictive user may face some problems due to their Internet usage problem.
Internet addiction has become a huge problem in today’s society. In Greg Beato’s article, he discusses the growing phenomena of internet addiction disorder. The writer explains that more and more people are becoming addicted to the internet. For example, he tells of a teenager in Ohio, who shot and killed his mom and injured his dad because they took away his Xbox. He tells how it is stated that five to ten percent of the 52 million internet users were addicted. The author is telling us that the internet has become very addictive in our everyday society.
The idea behind the internet was to revolutionize society and with over 3 billion individuals using it, it clearly succeeded (ITU, n.d.). However, individuals started coming online to check their email, watch a video, visit Facebook, or play an online game as a habit, may easily become addicted to these behaviors over time. According to the DSM-V, internet addiction applies to individuals who use the internet excessively, often without realizing how much time has passed, how much more they are using the internet and neglecting their basic needs, as well as, ignoring any negative impacts said internet use has caused (dsm). When not using the internet, the individual may feel withdrawal, angry, tense, and/or depressed; in addition, they may feel the need to have a better computer and more software, which is an internet-addicted individual’s form of tolerance (dsm). Time of use per day in those addicted to the internet is nearly double the time those who are not addicted spend online (Lee,
The pathological and bizarre habits related to internet addiction have featured notably in the media to persuade the audience that the problem is real (Liu 104). The hallmark impact of substance addiction is the health implications involved. However, the media reveal that risk factors associated with internet addiction are moderately minimal yet prominent. While time cannot be used as a function in delineating internet addiction, this has been the diagnostic tool for media (Yellowlees and Shayna, 1448). Some reports posit that to put up with such compulsive use, some aspects such as sleep patterns are characteristically disrupted owing to late log-ins. The user stays up beyond normal bedtime, yet there is school or work waiting in the morning. Such sleep disturbance causes unnecessary fatigue frequently
“The term electronic and information technology includes, but is not limited to, telecommunications products (such as telephones), information kiosks and transaction machines, World Wide Web sites, multimedia, and office equipment such as copiers and fax machines” (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internet working, and Technology). Online technology addiction started soon after technology came out; it is only new being readjusted as culture is changing. Addiction is a need based bonding process when one becomes connected to an object (Hari). This, therefore, has been a fairly recent type of addiction, around for approximately twenty-two years. There have been increases by tenfold from the start of technology addict to 2014 (Number of Internet Users). The amount of people that are living with internet technology addiction are rapidly increasing everyday as new technology keeps progressively coming out. There is only so much people can handle before they become addicted to a product. Technology since then has significantly progressed by coming up with more items to add to products that are solely made for technology.
There is not a clear stated definition of digital addiction however Shaw and Black (2008) characterize Internet addiction by excessive or poorly preoccupations, urges or behaviours regarding computer use and internet access that lead to impairment or distress. However as the term addict is a strong description DA is seen as a general misuse of the internet in various forms, as no formal definition exists the author sees the disorder as problematic computer usage resulting in negative consequences. According to Young et al DA is a broad term covering a wide variety of behaviours and impulse control problems. K.Young (1999) also categorised DA into five subtypes of DA, they are cybersexual addiction, cyberrelationship addiction; net compulsion (e.g. gambling or shopping on the internet); information overload (e.g. compulsive database searching); and computer addiction (excessive game-playing). This project highlights social network addiction which falls into the category of cyberrelationship addiction but also contemplates all other types.
With the creation of an online world comes the creation of new problems. The great network system known as the Internet has allowed for huge advances in the world, while creating very serious issues as well. Perhaps one of the most common of these negative issues is Internet Addiction Disorder, or IAD. Doctors Aviv Weinstein and Michel Lejoyeux define Internet addiction as being “characterized by excessive or poorly controlled preoccupations, urges or behaviors regarding Internet use that lead to impairment or distress (Weinstein & Lejoyeux, 2010).” One of the reasons this disorder is so prevalent, is the fact that it encompasses a large number of online activities which can lead to it.
Internet addiction has been a massive social problem in Hong Kong. It is certain to say that it is happening right now right at this moment, it is as serious as it sound. Research by the HKFWS have found out that there are 15.4% teenagers that uses the internet 4hours or above during school days and 47.9% uses it 4 hours or more during holidays and over 70% of parents have conflicts with their children on internet issues but only 15.5% admit that they are internet addicts but in fact anyone uses internet more than 4 hours a day can already be addressed
Corporate Governance / PUNB 413 students are required to prepare an individual assignment which is includes preparing summary of at least two articles that related to ISSUES IN CORPORATE GOVERNANCE focusing on Directors Remuneration and CEO Compensation. The article that I selected is mainly focus on Directors Remuneration, Corporate Performance, Board Characteristics and factors that influence in determining the Directors Remuneration and CEO compensation. This assignment plays a vital role in developing our understanding and providing a clear picture on Corporate Governance in real world’s perspective.
Currently, people utilize the internet frequently a lot of type of internet addiction. Some youngsters, however, are addicted to the internet. They spend more time playing online games and watching TV shows on the internet, which means they stop going outside with their friends and even if stop going to schools. Internet should benefit people. But a number of people are controlled by internet. In other words, internet addiction will influence people in some negative ways in terms of health, personality and socialization.
The article examines the growing trend of excessive internet use among college students. The study was completed to help psychologists understand the specific causes for excessive internet use. The study also examined the correlation between excessive internet use, low self-esteem and psychological disorders. The study is important because it helps psychologists, health professionals, and readers understand who is vulnerable to excessive internet use and whether perilous disorders such as depression are a cause or effect of excessive internet use. The study can also help health professionals treat the underlying conditions that cause internet addiction as well as psychological disorders associated with excessive internet use.
Why did internet addiction ratio increase in last five years? There are a lot of answers of these questions. Nowadays internet greatly affects our lives because internet is common in Turkey and everybody can easily access internet. "Internet addiction generally means spending time on internet." (Simkova & Cincera, 2004; Leung, 2004; Yellowlees & Marks, 2007) In diagnosing internet addiction; tests, scales, criteria, control list and likewise instruments and techniques can be used .But there are common reasons to be dependent on internet. So there are some disadvantages of internet addiction. For example; effects of social changes, effects of internet cafes, internet harms for human health. Social changes easily can affect our behaviors, relations
As a tool, that provides multi task and as a fount of a million of information that goes trough several kinds of medias, the Internet became so popular. According to a research promoted by United State Census Bureau in 2012 posted in a web site, 78% of all households have Internet in home compared to a lower percentage in the year of 1997 wherein the Internet reached only 18% of households. In 2009, the smartphone comes to revolutionize the society in good and bad ways but also in questionable and doubtful aspects. These data statistics might gives a view that the easier access to Internet probably is linked to the increase of people addicted to the Internet that also has reaching children and teens. The childrenhood is the must important period for the development of personality and character of human been. From that it is time to start thinking how the Internet’s meddling on young ages has inducing to changes on adulthood as behavior, social life and work life.
Addiction is a huge problem in this country. The term addiction is your whole body being influenced by one substance or thing, in this case it is the internet. However people probably did not know that you can be addicted to the internet. It is a fairly new thing and, is still being researched. It is a genuine concern among doctors. A study had been done on the personality traits of those that are addicted to the internet, or are dependent of it. Since the internet is such an exceptional tool that it is often difficult for researchers and doctors to decide if you are actually addicted or not. Most people are just dependent on the internet, they are making the term Pathological Internet Use (PIU) the term to diagnosis you. Except there is no set criteria for being addicted to the internet. Most people suffering from PIU showed that they are always looking towards their next use of the internet and often feel lost without the internet (Young and Rodgers).