Question

1) Why it's hard for people to put down their smartphone ?

2) Describe the role of social comparisons and feedback from others in developing the self concept ?

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Answer 1

• 1)Its difficult to put our smartphones because software makers have mastered a sort of “addiction code” that keeps people compulsively engaged, such that we can't stand leaving our phones for even a little while. In other words, the technology has been manipulated to leverage our brains' habit-forming tendencies. It's destroying our focus and relationships.What seems to better fit compulsive technology use is the anxiety model.
• It’s not purely a desire for pleasure, but a response to heightened stress and anxiety that keeps us clicking.Research on the topic backs up that argument, showing that compulsive smartphone use is tied closely to anxiety, even more so for those with forms of anxiety disorder, which happens to be an enormous and growing segment of the population.
• This “no mobile phone” phobia is an emerging term that some psychologists use to describe the fear people have of being without their smartphone.And the latest evidence suggests that it happens because these devices have become so personalized that they are seen as extensions of ourselves.
• 2) People make all kinds of judgments about themselves, and one of the key ways that we do this is through social comparison, or analyzing the self in relation to others.Festinger believed that we engage in this comparison process as a way of establishing a benchmark by which we can make accurate evaluations of ourselves.For example, a music student might compare herself to the star student of the class. If she finds that her abilities do not measure up to her peer's talents, she might be driven to achieve more and improve her abilities.
• Upward social comparison: when we compare ourselves with those who we believe are better than us. These upward comparisons often focus on the desire to improve our current level of ability. We might compare ourselves to someone better off and look for ways that we can also achieve similar results.
• Downward social comparison: when we compare themselves to others who are worse off than ourselves. Such downward comparisons are often centered on making ourselves feel better about our abilities. We might not be great at something, but at least we are better off than someone else.
• Feedback from others also helps to improve our self esteem but it can lower our self esteem as well.Most of that feedback is in the form of constructive criticism, which can still be difficult to receive, but when taken in the spirit of self-improvement, it is valuable and may even enhance our self-concept and self-esteem. In fact, in professional contexts, people with higher self-esteem are more likely to work harder based on negative feedback, are less negatively affected by work stress, are able to handle workplace conflict better, and are better able to work independently and solve problems