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The Relationship Of Cell Phone Usage To Personality And Attention, Victoria L. Grajeda
The Relationship Of Cell Phone Usage To Personality And Attention, Victoria L. Grajeda
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Cell phones seem to create distraction and anxiety in student’s daily lives. The present study tests if distraction would occur just by the ring from a cell phone (i.e. they will score lower on the lecture quiz). The procedure will include 40 students enrolled in two sections of Introduction to Psychology. In one section, a backpack will be situated on an empty desk with a cell phone inside which is set to ring during a normal classroom lecture. Once the lecture ends (in both sections), a quiz will be issued about the PowerPoint including slides showing during the cell phone …