Psychology 2035A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Robert Kegan, Jargon, Stanley Schachter

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2035A/B
• Professor: Matthew Maxwell- Smith

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Paradox of progress: modern western society has made extraordinary strides in transportation, energy, communication, agriculture, and medicine; yet, despite technological advances, social problems and personal difficulties seem more prevalent and more prominent than ever before. Point modern technology provided us w/ countless time-saving devices ex: automobiles, telephones, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, photocopiers, and personal computers. Reel research online relationships: on avg. , americans spend 120 hours/month online, although technological advances produce many benefits for human interaction, Internet-mediated rather than face-to-face communication has its drawbacks. Im were reportedly happier than those who interacted w/ her face-to-face. Search for direction: according to number of social critics, kaleidoscope of change seen around us creates feelings of anxiety and uncertainty, which we try to alleviate by searching for sense of direction. Chapter one: ex: retreat run by james ray self-help guru whose website promises to teach people. million/year on self-help books that offer do-it-yourself treatments for common personal problems.