Null Hypothesis: People who use twitter show signs of addiction
Relative Hypothesis: People who use twitter do not show any signs of addiction.
The target population for this experiment is composed of two different groups. Each group is having a sample size (t = 10). The sample is comprised of account owners with at least 3- 10 posts within the past 7 hours. Selection of the sample based on the number of tweets posted within the past week reflects on the properties of the target population.
Sampling method.
Random sampling technique is used to eliminate any bias in the targeted sample. The target population with the required properties is established. From this population unsystematic selection of persons is carried out.
Interview
Interview questions among the two groups involved are administered to determine any signs of addiction among the twitter users. The two groups are divided into the experiments and control groups. The control group is not informed of the objective of the experiment. This is done to prevent any bias in selecting the sample to be interviewed (Alvi, 2016). The experimental group is informed of the experiment’s objectives. Knowing the goals of the experiment is the primary variable used to determine the truthfulness of answers given.
Interview Questions
Questions
Answers
Yes
No
Do you regularly find yourself thinking of nothing else but your next tweet?
Are you always dissatisfied with the less time spent on twitter?
Do you feel bad when you cannot access your tweet account?
Have you tried spending less time on twitter?
Has Twitter made you neglect other hobbies?
Do you regularly use Twitter to escape unwanted feelings?
Do you regularly fight with people close to you due to time spent on twitter?
Attaining at least 45 yes to those questions in a sample indicates signs of addiction to twitter.
Answer 2
Fundamental Attribution Error
My sister Lizzy kept failing her exams every end of the semester. She was studying from a day school. She could only manage to get D’s. It was like she was stuck with the grades. I could not help it but judge her to be a lazy and dumb member of the family. It was until recently when I had the chance to remain at home due to the accident I got from football playoffs. I realized failing is not necessarily her fault. The conditions at home cannot allow anyone to read. Dad had gone back to drinking and causing chaos all night. These are the main reasons she cannot prosper in her studies. Instead of concentrating on her education she is entangled in the drama at home every day.
Self-Serving Bias
During 2015 December holiday I got the chance to work for an event planning firm after applying. However, I had to go and take an interview. Coincidentally my wealthy neighbor had also applied for the in an internship. We met at the interview venue. I had the courage and will to outshine him. The interview was disastrous. During the interview I was asked questions I did not have a clue about. Eventually, he got the job as I was dismissed. I attributed his financial capability to be the reason he got the job. I knew my performance at the interview was disastrous but could not bring myself to admit my failure.
Experienced Cognitive Dissonance
I always associated same-sex relations and individuals with individual habits. I took it as an abnormality driven by individuals will. According to me, these were bad people who needed not to be part of the Christian society we want. I had to re-evaluate my stand when my closest friend and trusted since preschool confessed to having feelings for my brother. The question whether these are acquired traits or the natural existence in which God creates us still lingers in my mind unanswered.
Answer 3
Mental Stress
The first time that I was stressed was when my partner threatened to take a break from the relationship. I could no longer think straight. My judgment to all other factors became impaired. I was anxious and always worried about what I will do next to make her stay. Even mistakes to her became mine. All I wanted was for her to stay. The ultimatum she gave left me helpless. I indulged in alcohol to forget the challenge I was facing. Drinking was not helping. It only gave me the illusion that I am fine yet I was not.
Physical Stress
I was physically stressed when I broke my leg during a football match. Coincidentally in the next three months the championships were to start. I hoped to get a scholarship and play in the major league after successfully competing at the championship level. I had to strain the leg and try to twist it in efforts to recover before the games began. Walking every day with a partially healed leg was excruciating. I had no choice. My future depended on it. I pushed myself even harder to try and recover. After two and half months I was able to walk again but not fit enough to participate in any competition. As much as I missed the reason my chance to play, my restlessness, enabled me to attend the games.
Emotional Stress
It was early 2005 when I lost my young brother to sickle cell anemia. I was still young, around six years old. I had only heard of death from other people. Not among my family members. Nothing seemed the same or real. I tried to forget about the inexplicable pain to continue with life like he never existed. The strategy never worked and I got overwhelmed to an extent that I became depressed. I fully recovered when I accepted his death and the fact that he will never come back into our lives again.
Answer 4
I was at this restaurant where the best burgers were being served in town. The gorgeous looking waitress was still staring at me. The cold coffee could not pass through my throat anymore I felt like it had begun to choke me unless she stared away. Then I found myself paying my childhood piano for my mum. The lady was still among the crowd. The venue looked like our old house, spacious with matched brown leather seats. It was more of a graduation ceremony rather than a music event. Then I was driving so fast heading into the jungle. With a car that was not mine. Nobody was in the car. I seemed to enjoy my company until I had an accident in the middle of nowhere. My body became heavy as something extremely huge was blocking my movement. A lion emerged out of the blues and started coming towards my direction. I tried to free myself, but my efforts were all in vain. I was going to die. The grass was wet from both my tears and the early morning mist. The lion approached and started eating my arm.
Sigmund Freud’s Theory.
According to Freud’s theory, dreams are a reflection of a person’s desires and untamed aspirations (Boss, 1958). The girl in my dream represented Anita. I deli attendant. She was my high school classmate. The most beautiful girl in class. I never got the chance to talk to her before she transferred to a neighboring school. Recently meeting her at the restaurant as an attendant arose the previously suppressed emotions and interests. These interests are depicted in my dream.
Activation-synthesis model.
There was a “lion” in my room. Only that is was not a real lion but my dog Sam. He was licking my arm when I panicked and pulled away. The piano was probably the slowly tuned morning classics playing from my mum’s recorder. Using the activation-synthesis model we can see that the body was trying to make sense of the surrounding environment. Then creating mental pictures that inform the brain (Boss, 1958). The brain then attempted to interpret these activities and attach, meanings to them.
References
Alvi, M. (2016). A Manual for Selecting Sampling Techniques in Research.
Boss, M. (1958). The analysis of dreams.
