Assignment task:
YouTube Video: The Science of Internet Addiction & Willpower
Q1. How many times you picked up your phone to scroll aimlessly. You may even want to record which platform you were checking/scrolling.
Q2. Now that you understand how the dopamine reward system works for the Internet and scrolling on our smartphones, also note in your journal entry how you felt while scrolling. Were you excited at the items you found? Were you bored initially and that's why you began scrolling? Did you find what you were looking for?
Q3. What are some ways that you could decrease your likelihood to reach for your phone when you are bored? What are some other things you could do?
Q4. How can you use this information that you have learned in this video, the content guides, and your assigned readings to help someone else who may have difficulty separating themselves from their smartphone? How would you go about doing this? What would you say or do?