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PSY 215 Module 2-2 - HOMEWORK
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PSY 215 Module Two Milestone Template
According to the findings of the Pew Research study, there are several potential costs and
benefits that result from frequent exposure to social media.
o Describe one psychological benefit of frequent social media use.
ANSWER: After reading this article one benefit that this research has names is
“pervasive awareness”. This is a benefit to frequent social media use because people
understand what’s going on with the people around them. This “pervasive awareness”
gives them more knowledge to understand how they can help themselves, and find
good resources to help them if they have seen someone on social media going through a
similar situation.
o Describe one psychological cost of frequent social media use.
ANSWER: One cost of frequent social media use is additional stress which can cause
anxiety and depression. This can happen to frequent social media users because they
just know so much about themselves and their families and close friends that all the
information because overwhelming and it just causes stress which leads to bad mental
health. Having so much information about your life and other people’s life can become
overwhelming, that it can hurt your psychological health, because you just have so
much on your plate.
At the end of the study overview on page 3, the researchers discuss the notion of stress being
contagious.
o Describe what the research findings tell us about the link between our awareness of
other people’s stressful life events on social media and increases in our own stress.
The findings have told us that the link between our awareness of ourselves and other
people’s lives does typically affect women more than men. Though it effects women
more this research has told us that when we find our undesirable information about our
lives, but more importantly others our stress levels rise, and the only way we could
know about others lives is through social media. Knowing the information of others’
lives can affect us because we care about them and they are stuck in an undesirable
situation and we can’t help but we know and that information alone can be very
stressful.
We often refer to our involvement in social media groups as being a member of a community.
o Describe how social media can promote the levels of education and awareness that
help to enhance well-being.
ANSWER: Social media can absolutely be informing and enhance well-being; we call
social media groups being a member because in certain instances it can be very
informative and help with your mental health. For example, during covid those who
lived alone could have joined face book group chats, communities to talk to people in
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their same situation, this definitely would have enhanced wellbeing because those who
lived alone during covid were experiencing lots of mental health issues. Another great
community to join is new moms, they have so much on their plate maybe they are
having their first baby, I know many people who have joined mom face book
communities so they can all give advice on being prepared and how to go with the flow!
Social media can provide mental clarity and provide people a way to calm nerves when
going through life experiences you just have to make sure the communities you join are
safe and having a positive impact.
Despite the positive intent of some social media influencers, their messages don’t always
promote empathy, diversity, and inclusion.
o If you were a social media influencer, describe how you would use social media to
enhance compassion and empathy for all people who struggle with psychological
disorders.
ANSWER: I am a big advocate when it comes to mental health, the last thing I want to be
is famous so I would never be an influencer. But if I was an influencer, I would create a
safe space by always being positive but to tell my followers that life is hard and social
media most of the time shows all the good in life. I would try to give advice on how to
deal with psychological orders in a positive way but to make sure that I am being real.
For example, anxiety is hard to deal with, many people always say just get up and do it,
but its not that easy. So, in my opinion I would tell people with anxiety if they are having
a bad anxiety day and want to lay in bed all day that’s okay sometimes our bodies need
time to recover, but if you cannot lay in bed do the bare minimum do what you have to
do and then find the time to relax and just calm your mind and do what your body and
mind needs (rest and relaxation).
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PSY 215 Module 2-2 - HOMEWORK
Course: Abnormal Psychology (Psy-215)
999+ Documents
Students shared 1051 documents in this course
University: Southern New Hampshire University
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PSY 215 Module Two Milestone Template
According to the findings of the Pew Research study, there are several potential costs and
benefits that result from frequent exposure to social media.
oDescribe one psychological benefit of frequent social media use.
ANSWER: After reading this article one benefit that this research has names is
“pervasive awareness”. This is a benefit to frequent social media use because people
understand what’s going on with the people around them. This “pervasive awareness”
gives them more knowledge to understand how they can help themselves, and find
good resources to help them if they have seen someone on social media going through a
similar situation.
oDescribe one psychological cost of frequent social media use.
ANSWER: One cost of frequent social media use is additional stress which can cause
anxiety and depression. This can happen to frequent social media users because they
just know so much about themselves and their families and close friends that all the
information because overwhelming and it just causes stress which leads to bad mental
health. Having so much information about your life and other people’s life can become
overwhelming, that it can hurt your psychological health, because you just have so
much on your plate.
At the end of the study overview on page 3, the researchers discuss the notion of stress being
contagious.
oDescribe what the research findings tell us about the link between our awareness of
other people’s stressful life events on social media and increases in our own stress.
The findings have told us that the link between our awareness of ourselves and other
people’s lives does typically affect women more than men. Though it effects women
more this research has told us that when we find our undesirable information about our
lives, but more importantly others our stress levels rise, and the only way we could
know about others lives is through social media. Knowing the information of others’
lives can affect us because we care about them and they are stuck in an undesirable
situation and we can’t help but we know and that information alone can be very
stressful.
We often refer to our involvement in social media groups as being a member of a community.
oDescribe how social media can promote the levels of education and awareness that
help to enhance well-being.
ANSWER: Social media can absolutely be informing and enhance well-being; we call
social media groups being a member because in certain instances it can be very
informative and help with your mental health. For example, during covid those who
lived alone could have joined face book group chats, communities to talk to people in
1
