Lectures

D. Video Games Rock!!!!
You thought that video games were really bad for you. Think again!  Watch this fascinating video on the positive effects of video games on your brain. Yes, that's right.  Video games can be good for you unlike you hear on TV.  

 



Answer the following questions from the video:

1. 1. Which of the following is not a TRUE statement?
1. 90 percent of children play video games
2. Average age of a gamer is 8
3. Average age of video gamers is 33
4. The video gamers of tomorrow are adults
5. All of the above
2. Which one is a true statement based on the speaker's lecture?
1. Binging is sometimes ok
2. Playing video games all the time has some positive affects
3. Playing video games is good for your health
4. Action-packed  games have a powerful effects on many different aspects of our behavior
3. What does the speaker say about the correlation between playing action packed video games and vision?
1. Vision may diminish temporarily after playing video games for 2 hours or more
2. One may see white spots shortly after playing video games
3. Video games improve your vision
4. Video games does not worsen your eyesight
4. The game between happy and sad faces was done to?
1. Show the sad state of our school systems
2. Demonstrate that there are more happy children than sad children at school
3. How well video games shift swiftly between tasks
4. How well we can memorize moving objects
5. According to the lecturer, multimedia-taskers are:
1. Excellent at multitasking
2. No conclusive evidence of how good they are at multitasking
3. They are terrible at multitasking
4. They can do up to 6 things concurrently

For this exercise, please watch this video making sure to write as many notes as possible about this topic. Then, the task is as follows:

1. You have been assigned to lead a discussion about this topic in front of parents in your community.  You should spend no less than 2 minutes to explain this topic ensuring to give ample examples to the audience for them to understand it better.
2. You have been assigned by a group of parents that heard you speak about this topic, to lead a discussion with children between the ages of 9 - 13 about the pros and cons of playing video games.  While you do not want to encourage them to spend too much time playing video games, you want to transmit the message that video games have the potential to enhance the way our brain works.  Give kids good arguments for them to talk to their parents and convince them that video games are not bad for them.  You should spend around 2-3minutes to build your case with kids and get them excited about this new discovery.

When technology changes your habits: applications and tipping

Link to the story: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2014/03/05/283917108/technology-may-soon-get-you-to-be-a-bigger-tipper

Answer the following questions:

1. In the iPad app to pay for ice cream as feature in the story, are consumers given the choise of a tip amount of
1. A small dollar amount
2. No tipping if one wants to be cheap
3. Percentages of the purchase price
4. All of the above
2. Why did employees of the ice cream started to freak out?
1. Ice cream prices increased and people did not want to tip anymore
2. Tipping was moved to the page where customers sign the bill
3. The store was keeping a percentage of the tip
4. Tipping became illegal in the state
3. What is true about cab tipping options in NY?
1. The tipping amounts given were higher than the fare
2. The consumer could choose either an amount or a percentage of the fare
3. Consumers could pay in any currency
4. Tipping amount options were fixed dollar amounts only
4. The story talks about the norms of tipping and says that
1. Tipping in restaurants is never required
2. Tipping to hairdressers is optional
3. Norms of tipping do not exist anywhere
4. Norms of tipping at coffee shops and taxis are ambiguous