This paper examines Hung-Yi Lu’s (2008) research, Sensation-Seeking, Internet Dependency, and Online Interpersonal Deception. This study was looking to see if there was a relationship between sensation-seeking (high scores and low scores) and interpersonal deception. And was also looking to see if there was a relationship with internet dependence (high scores and low scores) and interpersonal. The population under investigation are a sample of Taiwanese college students. In this particular study they could not recruit all Taiwanese college students. They recruited the students by choosing eight colleges randomly. They choose randomly from North, South, East and Central Taiwan. The size of the of the sample was seven hundred and seven. However, …show more content…
The type of variable of sensation-seeking is qualitative variable. The type of variable of sensation-seeking is qualitative variable. And The type of variable of internet dependency is a qualitative variable. The dependent variable in this study is online interpersonal deception. Online interpersonal deception is rated on a one to five scale, this scale is ordinal. Additionally, this dependent variable is considered to be …show more content…
There is a significant difference in the population between high and low sensation-seeking and online interpersonal deception. Probability less than .05 means that probability of our results were due to chance by 5%. In the second hypothesis they also rejected the null hypothesis. There is a significant difference in the population between high and low internet dependency and online interpersonal deception. Probability less than .001 means that probability of our results were due to chance by .1%. Both p-values are under .05 which means there is strong evidence that we should reject the null hypothesis because it is a small p-value. Both of the hypothesis are
John Ruskin once said, “The essence of lying is in deception, not in words”. With regards to what Ruskin talks about, deception is an act that Americans have lovingly embraced. It has been so embraced that we don 't even know if we are deceiving or being deceived. Stephanie Ericsson’s essay, “The Ways We Lie”, claims that “our acceptance of lies becomes a cultural cancer that eventually shrouds and reorders reality until moral garbage becomes as invisible as water is to fish” (343). In a sense, the relation between Ruskin’s quote and Ericsson’s claim is they both describe the current state of the American culture. The modern American culture is full of deceit and lies whether it’s to protect someone or hide a secret. And yet, we still accept
In the two readings, “ The insufficiency of honesty” author Stephan L. Carter and “What isn’t for sale?” by Michael J Sandle, These writings address the two issues in society. One being honesty and the other is giving up morals in order to obtain something. Both of these authors say society is giving up their morals in order to acquire what they want. Society will do anything and forget about honesty and morals. Markets are putting monetary value to items that shouldn’t have monetary value. People give up their morals in order to have these items.
Imagine this! You and your friend are about to go to a party. However, your friend isn’t dressed up so satisfying. They ask you, “ Do I look good?” What would you say? I firmly believe that lying is unacceptable in our society.
According to Li, O’Brien, Snyder, and Howard (2016), problematic internet use may lead to serious psychosocial dysfunction and has resulted in a proposed diagnostic criterion for the DSM-5 in order to assess the disorder. In the United States, 6% to 11% of internet users are problematic internet users. Researchers, in fact, compare problematic internet use to the assessed criteria for gambling and internet gaming disorder. They have also concluded that college-aged teens and young adults are at most risk due to the availability of internet access around them and the direct relationship between the internet and education. Symptoms include impaired physical health such as obesity or sleep disorders, psychological distress, and behavioral problems. Students may also experience more interpersonal problems and worse school and work performance.
Beato stresses out the idea that “American psychiatric Association (APA) should add internet addiction to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)” by bringing up its consequences, he is extremely right. In its first conception, internet addiction disorder may appear as a negligible issue in our society since some of its effects are the promotion of the stupidity and the increase of the unconsciousness. An example of how ignorant and insensate we have become, Greg writes an anecdote about “the 18-year-old who choose homelessness over gamelessness” (para. 7). However, when in paragraph 8 he presents the tragic brief history of the young man who killed his mother and injured his father because they wanted to take his Xbox one, this leads us to question ourselves on how the internet can seriously affect our behavior like drugs. In addition, internet addiction has a negative impact on our mind. In other words, it may conduct to a depression. In his article Beato backs up this evidence with an example of students who qualify themselves “jittery”, “anxious”, “miserable”, and “crazy” (para.3) when they were deprived of their connections to the Internet. Finally, many young people have prefer their virtual life at the expense of their social life. They do not know what it means to communicate with other methods like a letter or a face to face communication. Greg support this idea by using a statistic graph. According to that graph, “more than 1
Are everyday rituals, such as, facades reflected as to being a lie? Simply preparing for a meeting or interview does not come off as lying, although another type of façade such as when someone asks, “Are you okay,” after a death of someone close to you, in reality it is a form of a lie, because you are not being honest. In Stephanie Erricsson’s article “The Ways We Lie,” she discusses many different types of lying, that most wouldn’t even consider. Ericsson claimed, “But façades can be destructive because they are used to seduce others into an illusion” (409). Depending how a façade is used, the outcome can be beneficial or damaging. There are facades that are used to cover up one’s true feelings, in order to protect an individual and then there is a type in which one puts on a mask to cover up how awful of a person they are. Charity, a former friend, deceived me with the qualities of everything she was not, my mom is a great example of when it comes to hiding when she is saddened. In this article “The Ways We Lie,” Stephanie Ericsson has a great point of view on the destructiveness of facades, although, it can very well be used in a good way just as much as in a bad way, in fact, like my protective mother, using facades for mine and my sisters own good and then a conniving friend using facades in
Trickery and deception has been around since the dawn of human society. The majority of humans have used a form of trickery and deception once in their lives. It can be something as simple as tricking your parents you are sick to skip school to deceiving you someone into thinking another person is betraying them. Trickery and deception can be used for good and evil, depending on how it is used. Trickery and deception is a major theme in the play Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare. Trickery and deception were used for both good and evil, but in the end it had led to love and romance betwixt characters in the play, including two of which did not believe in marriage to begin with.
Your brother is without a doubt a pathological liar and a narcissist who does not seem to care what effect his malicious actions have. And I respectfully ask you do some research on narcissism and see for yourself that's exactly what your brother suffers from.
The addiction can lead to the inability to communicate in the real world by depriving the addict of the daily practices involved with interpersonal communication. The act of using facial expressions or certain gestures to really intended emotion or emphasize meaning decline as the addict substitutes keystrokes resembling smiley faces or avatars. Socially, subjects become more inclined to develop personality disorders in which they identify more with their internet representation than their real-life persona. Ultimately, an addiction to the internet can cripple one’s ability to maintain a healthy social life.” ( eHow pg
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People acquire different behaviors on the internet to receive a level of social acceptance from peers that they would not get in their real lives, to gain gratification through social interactions without having to suffer from social anxiety, to participate in a world where most social regulations and acceptances do not exist, and where failure to conform to most socially accepted behaviors that are present in society are not punished. These behaviors are created when a person becomes addicted to the internet to the point that it shapes their personality, morals, and opinions, and ultimately can cause serious mental health problems linked to the internet addiction.
Deception is sometimes used by researchers when they conduct psychological experiments. Deception occurs when the participant is misled about the purpose, design, of the experiment, or when the researcher uses deliberate misleading to persuade the subject into believing a certain view (McLeod). Many people believe deception is ethically wrong, and psychologists should not use it to obtain important information. I believe psychologists should be able to use deception if the participant is not psychologically harmed. It is believed that deception is the only way we can obtain true information (Connolly). The knowledge we are able to obtain about psychological tendencies outweighs the temporary effects of deception.
Their ages ranged from 20 to 32 years old. Each participant entered the same chat room (#Israel in Dalnet), and took part in a twenty minute discussion. After, they were given questionnaires to complete. One of the questionnaires was made up of four questions. Two of the questions were answered with either a yes or no, and they focused on whether the participants were more willing to share things with the people they met online or with their “real life” friends. The other two questions were answered on a scale of 1 (“not at all”) to 7 (“a great deal”), and they focused on the participant’s personal reflection on the information they shared via the internet and how their families would react. The researchers standardized these answers (Z scores and then T score), and found the average. The averages formed a “Real Me” index, and the higher the score indicated that the participant’s “real me” leaned more towards the internet. The second questionnaire given was The Eyeneck Personality
Honesty is a characteristic that everyone should possess. However, being honest is a difficult task for many people. Living honestly means allowing a person’s true self to be exposed to others. Honesty is considered owning up to one’s wrongdoings and not lying, cheating, or stealing. Being honest is a trait that many people believe is obsolete. Even though every person interprets honesty differently, it all stems back to telling the truth. Being honest allows a person to earn respect from their peers. Honesty is allowing oneself to be completely exposed by being truthful.
Rosen, Christine. “Virtual Friendship and the New Narcissism.” What Matters In America. Third Edition. Gary Goshgarian and Kathryn Goodfellow. New Jersey: Pearson, 2012. 52-60. Print.