Social Development.

Social Development Research

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PSY 211

Social Development Research

Article #1

• 92 under graduate students participated in a social networking experiment.

• Follow up surveys were completed, and found that most students used the web site for only 30 minutes a day and mostly for browsing and not communication.

• Those that did communicate with were previously friends in “real life” before Facebook.

• They also discussed the development of identity and peer relationships that were based on pure online interaction and the difference that Facebook played.

I decided to choose this article due to the social implications that Facebook has on our society and the changes the next generation are going to endure. I think that the lack of face to face interaction will cause a socially undeveloped young adult. The article also goes on to explain how young adults use social tags to help show their identity i.e. religion, politics, work.

If I were to do an Essay I might use this paper, it helps to express current developmental issues that our young adults face today. Social media is everywhere we cannot escape it.

Article #2

• Adolescents activated a lateral part of the MPFC for social versus basic emotions, whereas adults did not.

• Adults showed higher activity in the left temporal pole for social versus basic emotion.

• Adolescents recruit anterior regions more than adults do.

I chose this article because the study of social emotions intrigued me, and how children and adults access different part of their brains.

If I had to write a research paper on this topic I would not choose this article. If I had more knowledge on how the brain works and understood the concepts of the brain, then this article would be of more interest.

References

Pempek, T.A., Yermolayeva, Y.A., & Calvert, S.L. (2009). College students' social networking experiences on Facebook. Journal...