Speech class topic - social anxiety or video game addiction?
I have to give an informative speech in a couple of weeks and I've narrowed it down to these two options. I use to have really severe social anxiety where I was afraid to leave my own house or talk to my own family so it's a topic that means a great deal to me personally. My other consideration is video game addiction, specifically using Skinner Box operant conditioning techniques, because I think it's really interesting and fascinating, especially since I like both video games and psychology.
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the more detailed complex one is social anxiety :) so whatever takes you
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Social anxiety, cause I think it's more of a plausible issue. I may be a little biased though, because of my liking of video games, but I can't imagine how someone would classify me as addicted to them? It's funny that it's even an issue for discussion when everyone overlooks the fact that people constantly gossip about sports, watch them, go to games, read about them in the paper, listen to Jim rome and other sports radio programs.... etc. Even my work meeting has a "favorite sports team" theme. Tell me that is not obsessive? I know you didn't mention sports, I was just giving a prime example of how a majority interest could be overlooked as an addiction cause it is so widely accepted, while a lesser form of recreation can be labeled falsely.
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This is one reason, I was interested in video game addiction - people don't know much about it or what constitutes as being addicted to video games, or even if such a thing exists. I don't want to say people who like games are addicted, but there are some aspects of certain games that are put there purposely to keep players involved and it can turn into addiction - especially if you've heard about people who play video games 60+ hours every single week.
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I understand what you're saying. I tend to have an existential approach to all things. Let me better clarify my point. I think that a kid who is 'addicted' to a video game may only be because they are socially awkward to begin with and perhaps afflicted in some way. Think about the definitions of an alcoholic compared to that of a social drinker. An alcoholic abuses the use of alcohol. The social drinker induldges occasionaly, and mostly during an event. Now if alcohol was addicting, then how could the social drinker not become the alcoholic? It's because the alcoholic seeks an alternative to their everyday reality, while the social drinker does not. If a video game is able to give a sense of completion, or wholeness, that is otherwise seemingly unattainable, it is no wonder why a kid would dedicate 60+ hours a week. Now if a person is socially awkward and they learn to talk sports, they always have an escape. I've observed this because I spent a whole winter with a group of guys, myself being the only one who could not discuss batting averages and such. I was odd man out to say the least. Does it mean that they are 'addicted' if they watch games, read sports papers/magazines, listened to sport talk radio all day, and discussed sports stats consistently for three months straight, five days a week at eight hours a day? See me comparison? They do so to fit in, to be self rewarded in that they escape social awkwardness. They dedicate much time to this self-rewarding aspect of sports. I observed this with my own two eyes, and ears, believe me, It drove me crazy to spend a whole winter with these guys. So that's forty hours a week that I have observed their activities, this is not including what they did outside of work. Now you say that people don't understand what constitutes a person as being "addicted," I assume you meant to include me in that classification of people, but I would say that I have a very firm grasp on the understanding of addiction. Now I assume you mean to highlight the negative effects on health, well being, relationships, and so on. I understand that as a problem though if a person is not concerned with their health, well being, relationships, and so on, it is more likely linked to their distortion of self worth rather then an aspect of a video game. Perhaps a video game is designed with certain aspects, well if their is no need to gain from the video game past recreation, as is with the social drinker, then it is of course not a problem. I just think it is biased to focus on just video games. Football, baseball, basketball, to name a few, are of course "games" as well. Anyways, I understand writing a college paper, you should probably write about what you are most passionate about. You will do better, I was of course only giving my opinion. I do think that social anxiety is a strong issue and open to less criticism.
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social anxiety.you'll have more points
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Either one would be good I think. Whichever one you find is more relevant.
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I think the social anxiety issue is more important
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It's more important but I also ask myself why should I base my speech on which issue is more important? I also need to factor in what my audience would consider to be more interesting
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One feeds off the other.
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Posted by prbcrn79 Mar 5th, 2013 at 11:30PM
hmmm....you could get really creative with the social anxiety...given that you are giving a speech on it...
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Reply by SpilledSecrets Mar 5th, 2013 at 11:53PM
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