Attention

1. On a daily basis, I interact with different media. When I am in class, I text my friends back if my phone goes off. When I'm home, I am either on the computer, exercising while using the ipod, or watching television only at night though or a movie. These different forms of media are a lot different from when I was younger. When I was between 5 and 10 yrs old, I read a lot more and was involved in a lot more outdoor activities than I am now. I didn't have a computer until my 6th grade in school so i was unaware of the different technologies besdies sega or nintendo, which did consume a lot of my time.

2. I spend time with my:
ipod: an hour a day
tv: maybe 30 min a day
radio 2 hrs a day (morning and night)
computer: approx 45 min to an hour
magazines: an hour a week
phone: allll the time throughout the day

3. When I write a paper, I usually have music on in theb ackground or the television. But sometimes, if I am getting too distracted, I have to shut it off because I will not finish my work. While driving, I always have te music on, especially if I am by myself. When I eat with my family, the television is sometimes on but nobody pays attention to it. While eating with my friends, there may be music on in the background, but if not, then it's just our conversation. When I am doing household chores, I need music or a movie to be on in the background. Even when I sleep, I need to either have the television or the radio on to fall asleep too.

4. When I relax in my spare time, I am usually reading one of the gossip magazines (highly addictive) or just relaxing and listening to music. I enjoy going on the Internet when I have nothing else to do. I text and am on and off the phone everyday.

5. Chores: washing dishes: 3, cleaning room: 4, vacuuming 3 3+4+3=10/3=3
Eating with family 2, friends, 2, by myself 5 4+5=9/3=3
Relaxation: driving 4, running 5, computer, 5, 14/3=4.2
School: studying 3, writing a paper 2, reading 4 = 9/3=3

I would say overall I am a little more on the hyperattention side than the deep attention.

6. I am more hyperattention because I can concentrate more when I am doing more than one thing. When I multitask, I feel like I can improve the amount of work that I get done. My mind gets very bored easily and I constantly have to be on the go. For the categories that I rated myself a 1, it is only because I know I really really really need to concentrate on one particular thing to understand it. I can not be focusing on everything else.