- The kinds of media i use/read/engage with on a daily basis is the internet, such as checking emails, research for school, etc. I use my cell phone to text more than talking over the phone, and i watch my favorite television shows on t.v.. When i was 5 and 10 years old i didn't t use the internet on my own spare time because i was young, and i wanted to go outside and play with my brother and our friends. We would play sports, etc. I used the computers and read books in class for school purposes. When i was 15 years and older things obviously changed. I still read for school and had a lot of homework. I used the internet a lot in school. I use my cell phone, listening to music on laptop, ipod, radio, and watch t.v.
2. Rank the relative amount of time you presently spend with each medium -- be as specific as you can.
Internet- 3 hours or more it depends if i have a lot or less to do (checking emails, research, blooger.com for Eng, and homework at the same time).
Listening to and downloading music- an hour or so it also depends.
Texting- on and off All day
Cell Phone-20 min here, 30 min there, or an hour or more it also depends.
T.V. - 1hr. for my favorite show so it also depends what is on. If there are more shows on back to back that i like i'll watch t.v for like about 3 hours or so. that one day. And it also depends if i'm done with homework and chores, etc. I can't really say how much in a week because i really don't know it's on and off.
3. Describe any media associated with how you perform the following school related tasks: do math or other calculation-based homework read assignments:
- do math or other calculation-based homework- i use t.v. and music- 5
- compose a paper (answers may be different for drafting, revising + editing)- need silence when i'm focusing on typing up a paper on the computer- 1
- read assignments - 1
- study for an exam- I put some music on in the background- 5
- conduct research/find references- using the internet, on the phone, etc- 5
4. Describe any media associated with how you do the following everyday tasks:
- drive- some low music not too high not too low. 2
- eat a meal by yourself- listening to ipod, texting, on the phone, watch a movie, do h.w.- 5
- eat with your family/friends- music, t.v., texting, on the phone, games, etc. - 5
- household chores (cooking, cleaning, household repairs, work on your car)- listen to music and dance, texting, on the phone, etc - 5
5. Describe what you do to relax or in your free time - and how you relax
(e.g. watching TV while looking at a magazine and texting a friend)
- I watch t.v., listen to music, dance, sing, text or on the phone, etc.-5
Analyzing your patterns for attention:
a. Patterns of attention for individual activities: look back over your list and rank the individual practices listed under 3 - 5 . Use a scale of 1 - 5 where 1 is deep attention (focused on one task - creating an environment with no distractions) and 5 is hyper attention (focused on multiple channels for input - creating an environment with many distracting features). These numbers reflect your preferences for attending for individual activities.
b. Patterns of attending within activity clusters: After you have ranked all the activities you listed, give yourself a score for school activities, living/household activities + relaxation activities by averaging the numbers in each category (for example if you have 3 for math assignments, 4 for reading assignments, 2 for writing papers, and 5 for studying for exams, then your school number would be: 3+4+2+5= 14/4 categories = 3.5 (a little more on the hyper attention side than the deep attention side)
- School activites: 5+1+1+5= 12/4 categories = 3
- Living/household activities: 2+5+5+5 = 17/4 = 4.25
- Relaxation: 5
c. Overall pattern for attention. Average all the rating numbers to get your overall pattern for attending.
- 3+4.25+5= 12.5/3 = 4.08 Hyper attention
6. Questions to think about.
a. In which category were you most likely to use hyper attention? in which category were you most likely to use deep attention? Or do you seem to have a consistent style (all hyper or deep attention)? How would you explain this?
- In the school activity section i'm more into the deep attention depending on the type of work the professor gives us. Living/household and relaxation activities are different and are more towards the hyper attention because it doesn't require critical thinking.
b. In which category was there the largest range of numbers ( for example, some activities rated 1, some rated 5). Can you explain why the range might be large for this category?
- Living/household and relaxation activities. Explained in a.
c. In which category did you have the most consistent style? Why do you think this is so?
- answered in a. and b.
7. How would you characterize yourself in terms of patterns for attending? Do these numbers reflect how you would characterize yourself (in terms of attention)? What correlations or inconsistencies do you see between your feeling about how you think and these numbers? Can you explain them?
- It depends on the situation i am in, and i can charactize myself more towards the hyper attention because i get bored easily if i don't keep myself busy/entertained. But if i'm trying to study for a major exam or write an important paper i can't have any distractions but i do take some breaks.
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