Your technology IQ can determine how healthy you are. Whether we’re home or at work, out with friends, or chilling at a cafe, technology is always vying for our attention. Notifications bombard us and we’re constantly tempted to live under its thrall. Do you know technology’s effect on you?
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1 True or False: Technology can enhance our IQ, but harm our social abilities
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True
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False
Correct!Wrong!True
Sure, we have all of this information at our fingertips. All we ahve to do is Google something and we know. But how well can you handle a conversation face-to-face? Or-gasp!-over the phone?
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2 It is possible to
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Use your phone for a certain app and then close it after that single use
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Avoid social media for a day and make it to bedtime without the world ending
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Become hooked on social media/ technology
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All
Correct!Wrong!All
Sometimes it's easy to forget that we aren't bound to our phones/tablets/smart-whatevers. It's okay to put them down for a while.
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3 True or False: Social media can lead to anxiety and depression
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True
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False
Correct!Wrong!True
How often do you see your friends posting about their perfect lives? After a while, it gets you down, right? What are you doing wrong? How come they have it all together?
They don't. Social media is just a little window into others' lives.
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4 True or False: There are helpful and harmful apps
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True
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False
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5 Social media can
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Hurt your sleep cycle
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Create false memories or help you remember certain events differently
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Help you connect to people online, but disconnect with the physical world
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All
Correct!Wrong!All
Again, it's not all bad. It can help us communicate with so many loved ones and find answers to burning questions. But it can also be addictive and harmful, if not used with caution.
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Quiz Part 1: What is Your Technology IQ?
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Quiz resultYou scoredCorrect!
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Study up
You scoredCorrect!You could use a little brush-up on your social media knowledge. It’s a constant in this world now, and you can protect yourself a lot better if you read a little more about the effects it can have on our moods. Here are some articles to help.
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You know a little about social media basics
You scoredCorrect!But the more you know, the better prepared you are to protect yourself. Here are some articles to help you better understand how social media manages our moods.
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You know a thing or two about social media and that’s great
You scoredCorrect!It’s taken over our society, so it’s important to understand it. Here are some more articles to help improve your understanding of the effects it can have on our moods.
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Congratulations!
You scoredCorrect!You got 3 out of 5 correct! Maybe you missed how social media can negatively impact us. Or you weren’t sure how it can damage our social abilities. Here are some articles to help you become a social media wiz!
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So close!
You scoredCorrect!You have a great understanding of social media—excellent! It runs our lives now and it seems as though many people can’t go a day without checking their pages. So, it’s very important to understand how it’s affecting us all. Here are some more articles about social media.
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You’re a social media wiz!
You scoredCorrect!Keep up the good work and make sure you stay alert while online. Monitor your moods and others’ around you to better understand how it’s affecting us. Here are some more articles about the impact of social media.
