#PSY532

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Unit 1, Post 1

Society has always feared new technologies. In the past, things now considered great ways to spend time, such as chess, reading, and writing, were once considered dangerous and bad for you. This is reflective of people's fear of change, not the actual inherent danger in the technologies. Similarly, modern fears of the internet have no basis in actual science.

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Unit 13, Post 3

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is training your brain to recognize negative thoughts and reframe them positively. For example, if you burn dinner, you might think that you're incompetent or stupid or whatever. Reframing that as 'I made a mistake' is much better for your mental health.

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Unit 1, Post 2

Digital literacy skills, creativity, critical thinking, and people skills are considered some of the most vital skills for the evolving job market.

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Unit 2, Post 1

Online classes benefit learners in their asynchronity. I can take this class at any time of day, learning when my brain is most suited to it. I take it during the morning hours because that is when my ADHD medication is most effective. By about 5 PM, it will have worn off and I will be much less productive.

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Unit 2, Post 2

Online classes have a huge advantage over in-person schooling because they can reach massive numbers of people at a fraction of the cost. Khan Academy is free and tons of people learn from it. Stanford offered a class on AI free online and over 10,000 people enrolled.

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Unit 2, Post 3

People think that online classes are the future because they are free and more accessible. Professor Gernsbacher's article implies that online learning is more effective for students. However, this has been the experience of exactly no one I've ever spoken to. I find Professor Gernsbacher's course to be very biased towards her beliefs.

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Unit 3, Post 1

Traditional lectures don't engage students in the same way that online classes can. Online classes can also be cheaper, have less time commitment (no commute), and can be taken at the time that best suits each individual student's cognition.

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Unit 3, Post 2

A meta-analysis from the Department of Education found that, across subjects, students performed better on online classes. Further, this held true for all different learner types.

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Unit 3, Post 3

Students perform better on online courses, especially online courses in which the students collaborate with each other or are directed by their instructor. When you sit a student down in front of a computer to do their coursework, if they are just told to learn about something, it won't be as successful as if they are guided.

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Unit 4, Post 1

There are a number of guidelines for emailing professors that we covered this unit. All of them were things that I (and every college student I spoke with) already knew, such as using your school email.

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Unit 4, Post 2

When surveying people over the internet vs. over the phone, you get different answers. People are more honest over the internet when there isn't a person on the other end that they feel is judging them.

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Unit 4, Post 3

Texting (including the use of "textisms," such things as lol or gr8) don't actually hurt children's grammar. In fact, a study found that there might be a slight possible correlation between use of textisms and improved grammar performance.

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Unit 5, Post 1

Often, things are shared on the internet that are not intended to go viral, such as the famous Charlie Bit My Finger video. These things often go viral because they're funny or cute or...

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Unit 5, Post 2

Many online news sites are turning off their comments sections to combat trolls. This upsets many people (not just trolls) but sites claim that the comment sections aren't people's ideal means of communicating their thoughts.

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Unit 5, Post 3

A bunch of Harvard-bound young adults created and participated in a Facebook group where they shared terrible, offensive memes. These students' inappropriate behavior led to their college admission being revoked. Digital literacy is important and many students lack it.

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Unit 6, Post 1

Interpersonal attraction is liking someone. Online dating uses the principle of similarity attraction (liking someone because they are similar to you) to succeed. Algorithms narrow down vast pools of people so that the people you match with are similar to you and you are more likely to like them.