for prof washington

Psyc 164: Assignment 11

Please watch the following TED talk (there is some overlap with my module – wish I’d known that before

I re-typed everything…haha) but he goes into more research and details around solutions.

http://www.ted.com/talks/johann_hari_everything_you_think_you_know_about_addiction_is_wrong#t

-180094

The question I’d like to ask…

From the module and from this TED talk, the important message appears to be that having close,

emotional, interdependent ties with others is a critical piece in keeping us safe from addictions. You’ve

taken this class, gone through the modules, hopefully learned some things  …in a paragraph, what is

one behaviour you could change right now in your own life to bring about better connections with the

people around you? To the best of your ability, talk about those changes in behavioural terms.

And lastly…what effects have social media had on your person to person relationships? And why do

they exert so much control over our behaviour?