GESS 222 QUIZZZZ

• Generation gap


  Changes brought about by technology
• Not everyone is comfortable in using the different kinds of technologies that are too complicated to operate
• It is a challenge for people in the field of science and technology to make these technological advancements more accessible and less confusing for people who are not as young anymore
• Conditions of humans before common era

  • Homo erectus has been using fire to cook, all the while without realizing the laws of friction and heat
  • Tools from stone and flints marked the era of the Stone Age, during the advent of our very own Homo sapiens
  • People discovered minerals and began forging metalwork
  • Fur clothing and animal skin are primarily used for comfort against harsh winds. They begin to cover themselves up out of necessity
  • People of the time had also painstakingly wrought and hewed said figures in honor of some deity; initial roster of primitive gods includes objects they encounter through their day-to-day lives
• Periods of Stone Age


  • Paleolithic (Old Stone Age)
  • Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age)
  • Neolithic (New Stone Age)
• The Palaeolithic Age


  • Lasted from 50,000 years ago
  • People lived in caves because the country was covered in ice and snow
  • People used small flint stones for cutting meat with
  • They moved around to find their food
  • If they found an animal, they would eat it instantly
  • They could paint on walls
• The Mesolithic Age

  • Was about 10,000 years ago
  • People lived in huts made from straw, wood and mud
  • They hunted with spears with stone arrowheads
  • They started to store food for over the winter
  • They kept dogs as pets
  • They could make pottery
• The Neolithic Age


  • Was about 6000 years ago
  • People started to live in small villages
  • They hunted with bows and arrows and caught fish in nets
  • They could plant seeds to grow crops
  • They kept animals contained on small farms
  • They could make jewellery - human' shaped beads and bracelets made from perforated shells and stone
  • The Stone Age came to an end when people learnt how to use metal to make tools instead of stone
• Conditions of humans during common era

  • Driven by their primal need to survive, humans were quick to find ways to drive off other megafaunas threatening a prospective hunting spot
  • The ongoing extinction of several species—both flora and fauna—due to human activity
  • They began to hunt, farm, and produce things with prospect of profit
  • When they could not sell products, they used their skills and got compensated for it—bringing forth a specialized group of artisans
  • Physical strength was valued at most, although there appeared to be as many intellectually gifted figures just the same
• Holocene Extinction


  The ongoing extinction of the Earth's flora and fauna due to human activities
• Modern humans


  • Reliant on technology in their search for the good life
  • Reduced into the amount of productivity they are able to render during their lifetime
  • Lose track of things that matter, reducing their surroundings to their economic value
• Technology


  • Not an instrument, it is a way of understanding the world
  • Not a human activity, but develops beyond human control
  • The highest danger, risking us to only see the world through technological thinking
• Technology


  Can be perceived as a means to achieve man's end or that which constitutes human activity
• Technology's initial promises proved to be true, regardless of its consequences
• Different machineries aid in prolonging lives- assisting those with disabilities, honing efficiency in industrial workplaces, and many more
• Some places in the world are still battling for their daily survival-diseases, tribe wars, lack of habitable territories, and competitions on resources
• A lot of people still subscribe to religion in explaining things that they do not know. For those who have ceased to do so, they have turned their worships to reverence of science
• They are still trying to discover and rediscover things as to how their existence of the world make sense, and technology does little to aid them in the pursuit of life's meaning
• Technological advancements are seemingly occurring in a rapid pace that our morality cannot quite keep up; no such consideration was given in this approach in achieving good life
• Plato


  Things in this world are not real and are only copies of the real in the world of forms
• Aristotle


  • There is no reality over and above what the senses can perceive, claiming that this world is all there is to it and that this world is the only reality we can all access
  • Declares that even human beings are potentialities who aspire for their actuality
  • Every action that emanates from a human person is a function of the purpose (telos) that the person has
  • Every human person aspires for an end, which is happiness or human flourishing
  • Happiness is the be all and end all of everything that we do
  • Human flourishing is a kind of contentment in knowing that one is getting the best out of life
• Materialism


  The world, including human beings, is made up of matter. Only material entities matter. In terms of human flourishing, matter is what makes us attain happiness
• Hedonism


  The end goal of life is in acquiring pleasure. Life is about obtaining and indulging in pleasure because life is limited
• Stoicism


  To generate happiness, one must learn to distance oneself and be apathetic. Happiness can only be attained by a careful practice of apathy
• Theism


  The ultimate basis of happiness is the communion with God. The world where we are in is only just a temporary reality where we have to maneuver around while waiting for the ultimate return to the hands of God
• Humanism


  The freedom of humans to carve their own destiny and to legislate their own laws, free from the shackles of a God that monitors and controls. Humanists see themselves not merely as stewards of the creation but as individuals who are in control of themselves and the world outside them
• 92% of the urban homes and 70% of rural homes own at least one television set
• Most of the time, they watch television during their free time or any time of the day when they have nothing important to do
• The current count of households with television sets already reached 15,135 million
• Television remains to be the ultimate medium for advertisement placements
• Television plays a great role in the lives of the people or in this case, Filipinos
• Paul Gottlieb Nipkov


  • German student in the late 1800s who sent images through wires with the aid of a rotating metal disk
• 1907, two inventors


  • Alan Archibald Campbell-Swinton, who was an English scientist, and Boris Rosin Russian
• Stages of television development

  • Mechanical Televisions in the 1800s and Early 1900s
  • The First Electronic Television was Invented in 1927

  
• Television's role in the lives of Filipino children

  • Influencing their socialization, values, and entertainment preferences
  • Impacting their cognitive skills, emotional development, and even behaviors like aggression and violence
  • Embedding contemporary values personal, spiritual, moral, and technological values, influencing the younger generation's perceptions and attitudes
• Television provides ample opportunities to promote education, understanding and culture, across and within borders, and to raise public awareness about important global events that dominate the headlines
• 87 percent of Filipino adults are mobile phone users as of 2018
• The mobile internet penetration rate is fast increasing by 30 million users every year
• Cell phone


  A portable telephone that connects to other telephones by radio through a system of transmitters each of which covers a limited geographical area
• Smartphone


  A mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically with a touch screen interface, Internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded applications