What Is The Impact Of Technology And Leisure Activities?

The concept of technology is not new, it just changed its reference throughout time. At one point in time, technology used to refer to man-made tools such as fire, knife, and hammer to help us survive in the world. As time has passed, we have added and modified those tools to better fit our needs. In this century, we have come to the point where technology is not merely used to achieve the necessary goals for living, but technology use has become part of leisure activities. In the previous decades where technology was a merely used to accomplish goals, people were induced to find their other hobbies or interact with each other as part of leisure activities. However, in this decade, in the American society, where technology is vastly, referred to digital devices, such as computers, iPhones, television, it is not merely utilized for achieving the necessary goals, but it is also used as leisure activities. Thus, it has an impact on social interactions, and the types of activities people engage in.

Consequently, psychologists have been able to coin technology related clinical diagnosis, such as internet addiction, and nomophobia, and terms such as phantom vibration syndrome. In addition to affecting our perceptual schema, researchers have also noted technology is also affecting our physiological responses, as well as the composition of our physical structures. In the literature review, I will explore this interaction by presenting few studies that examined the effects of technology on cognitive and emotional perceptions, physiological and emotional responses, clinical symptoms, sleep, and the physical composition of the