Life without a cell phone
Syllabus topic 25: Life without a cell phone
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What prompted the experiment?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Automatic checking during pauses
She noticed a habitual reaction to quiet moments.
What practical disadvantage occurred?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: She missed a change of meeting place
Her friend could not communicate the new location.
What change did she retain?
Your answer: Unanswered
Correct answer: Keeping the phone away in selected situations
She adopted limited boundaries rather than total rejection.
What prompted the experiment?
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Correct answer: Automatic checking during pauses
She noticed a habitual reaction to quiet moments.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: She missed a change of meeting place
Her friend could not communicate the new location.
Not quite. Keep learning.
Correct answer: Keeping the phone away in selected situations
She adopted limited boundaries rather than total rejection.
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