Is Multi-tasking good for people?
Multitasking is impossible anyway. In the article “Are women really better at
multitasking?” the author states that multitasking is a problem for people because it will affect their brain when people are doing things at the same time. Men are
worse than women at multitasking because their brains are fundamentally different. In
the reading,there is a team of British researchers offer a same task for 50 men and 50
women totake the same multitasking. The result from task which is 70% of women
performed better than men. The author mentions that women are doing step by step at
the multitasking, and men just jump into the middle of the task. Also, one research says
that women will go back to check their work and have a plan when they are looking for a losing key.It is one of the reasons which women are better at multitasking.
From the reading, the one idea that is most important to me is that multitasking is a bad
thing for everyone because people can’t focus on one thing when they are working on
multitasking. Their attention will be attracted from the other objects. I think this is not
surprising to me. Just as the author says that human behavior relates to their brain and
the brain can’t fully focus during multitasking. People take longer to complete tasks and are predisposed to error.In my view,people are doing contingent things at the same time is a challenge for them.
The first reason is multitasking can be a losing proposition. Many people are not easy
to pay their attention on one subject at multitasking because they need to think about the whole task. If people focus on one task, they may be doing excellent. Therefore, the rest
of them will not be completed perfect at the same time. As researcher Dr. Etienne
Koechlin mentions, when people are working on a single task, their right and
left hemispheres cooperate,but in two tasks, their hemispheres will be separate in two
tasks.Their brain can’t perfectly deal with two tasks at the same time. For example,
students are playing their smart phones during class.They may not focus on their courses because their smart phones attract their attention.So many professors prohibit the students bring their phones to class. As we know,some people would
like to listen to music while they are doing their work. It is hard for people
focus on their work. I do not like tolisten to music when I am writing an essay.
Listening to music will distract me from my homework. I suggest that people should do their jobs in their whole mind.
The second reason is multitasking will lead to dangerous when people are driving. Some drivers may text message and some of them may be talking on the phone while they are driving. This phenomenon is very common to see on the street.The accident is
increasing now. Also, many people like to enjoy their music when they are driving. When we are walking on the street, sometimes we can hear the noise because they turn on their lovely music too loud. A few years ago, there are not as many as accident
happened because driver will pay their attention on driving and the street situation. Now, drivers focus on themselves happiness while they are driving. Some people may
compare their music to the others and some people will follow the music melody to
move their body while they are driving. For instance, when I was taking a taxi, the
driver turned on his country music and he was humming. I felt that the music was very
annoyed, and it is very dangerous because his mind will be influenced from the music.
Even though it is not too loud, he had to stop it. He could enjoy his music in his free time. They do not think about themselves safe,
they should think about the people who arewalking on the street. As the author mentions in the reading,multitasking is a drag on productivity for everyone.
Most people are good at working on one goal and have outstanding performance.
But, if they are working on many goals, they may not do it well because their mind is affected.People should think about their safety when they are driving.
In conclusion, multitasking is negative behavior during people are driving. Most people can’t manage many things at the same time. Multitasking will distract students when
they are taking classes. The author says, many people have problems handling
everything at once. Multitasking is hard for people to complete perfectly.
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