Multitask Case Study

Q1. (1) I think what the women is doing in the picture is she is talking with a friend and probably discussing about their essay or probably studying and going over on what questions they believe might be in a mid term exam or a final exam. I think what the children is maybe telling there mother to take them to the park to play basketball.

(2) I have been in similar situation like the women in the picture. I was studying for a math exam during the weekend. My parents have told me that there were going to visit my aunt for her birthday in San Diego,Fallbrook unfortunately I didn’t go because I was studying for my math exam so I stayed home alone for the weekend and studying for my math exam.

(3) I think what the quote “It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you

Your Brain Is on the Line” I reviewed over the highlighted areas so I could get a sense on what the story was about. Q6.

Some typical ways people could multitask is responding to the sounds and responding to the images. For example I think how people multitask in this particular way is if you could do homework and you could listen to music in the same time then your multitasking. Another way people could multitask is studying and working at the same time, for example if you were asked to learned how to do that task instead of engaging at the task different parts of the brain will be activated.

While multitasking could have great beneficial advantages these advantages come with drawbacks. For example, doing multiple tasks simultaneously is reflective of diminished focus. Meaning that instead of doing great work you 're producing poor work because you 're doing two multiple things at once instead on focusing on one task only. As well multitasking could be a time waster since you’ll need to switch from task to task, and may required constant reminder on what to