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How does the HL technology extension relate to contexts?
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Technology affects behaviour, cognition and wellbeing across all contexts.
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Positive effects of technology?
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Connection, access to information/learning, health tools, productivity.
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Negative effects of technology?
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Lower wellbeing, disrupted sleep/attention, social comparison, overuse.
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What does technology's effect depend on?
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How it's used (active vs passive), and the person and context.
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Active vs passive social media use?
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Active (messaging) tends to help wellbeing; passive scrolling tends to lower it.
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What kind of evidence dominates technology research?
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Correlational — it can't confirm technology causes the effect.
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Why be cautious about 'screens cause harm'?
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Reverse causation or a third variable could explain the correlation.
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One limitation of technology research?
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Self-reported screen time is inaccurate and the field changes fast.
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How is the HL technology topic assessed?
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On Paper 3 — a source-based data paper (HL only).
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Which concepts does technology link to?
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Change (it changes behaviour) and causality (but evidence is correlational).
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