Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes -Sweat Lodge, Kaleidoscope, Narcissism

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Despite our technological progress, social problems and personal difficulties seem more prevalent and more prominent than ever before. Point: modern technology has provided us with countless time-saving devices. Counterpoint: nonetheless, most of us complain about not having enough time: 51% of the adults respondents would rather have more time than money, cell phones, pagers, and e-mail tether people to their jobs. Point: the range of life choices available to people in modern societies has increased exponentially in recent decades. Point: modern technology has gradually provided us with unprecedented control over the world around us. The progress we value so much has scrambled our value systems and undermined our traditional sources of emotional security. People are overwhelmed by rapidly acceleration cultural change. Mental demands of modern life have been so complex, confusing, and contradictory that most of us are in over our heads .