Benefits Of Multitasking

What is multitasking? This is a simple question. Multitasking is performing multiple tasks at the same time. When multitasking we tend to think we can perform both tasks at hand. But, only simple everyday life experiences, such as walking and talking can be achieved. A common miss conception about multitasking is when people think they can do any two tasks and obtain all the information needed. It’s difficult to obtain the information from a class when listening to music because you’re either focused on the music or the class. Can people multitask better than others? Absolutely, some people are better than others. Do we get better at multitasking with practice? Yes because practice makes perfect.
A task such as, walking and talking, is more achievable than texting and driving. When you’re walking and talking you perform two everyday tasks. Texting and driving is difficult because your mind is focused on one or the other. When you text and drive you look at the road,
For example, when I’m listening to music and listening to a lecture, I might not gain as much information another person does. If I wasn’t listening to music I will learn more of the information because I’m paying attention. My friend can do anything while listening to music, and still process everything. People multitask better than others; it just depends on how you cope with situations. In an experiment to see if women multitask better than men, 120 men and 120 women played a computer game focusing on one task, then focusing on both tasks. When they focused on one task their scores were even. “But when participants were asked to perform the two tasks at the same time, women were quicker; their responses were only slowed by about 61 percent compared with the first task, while men's were slowed by about 77 percent” (Palermo). I can see this being true because my sister can text and drive pretty good, and when I try to do it I’m swerving all over the