ADVERSELY
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A Group Paper presented to the
UST College of Nursing
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As a Partial Fulfillment of the requirements of the subject
General Psychology
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Submitted to:
Mr. Jose Ricarte B. Origenes
Submitted by:
Kimberly Banquil
Charles Allen Burce
Nicole Allyson Chua
Sittie Norhanisa Dianalan
Gemeile Ann Leaño
April Rose Matienzo
Monique Ann Rivero
Nikka Ursula Timog
October 19, 2009
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We extend our sincerest gratitude to Professor Jose Ricarte B. Origenes of the College of Nursing, for his constant support, guidance and motivation, who helped the group immensely in completing this project. The project provided us with an opportunity to understand the fundamentals of research methods in a better manner and apply them in everyday life. The insistence on taking up a socially relevant topic like the use of social networking sites help ed us to understand the psychology of the people using these sites better and correlate the research to human behavioral aspects.
We also would like to thank our respondents for giving us their valuable time and providing us with the information needed to carry out the research successfully.
CONTENTS
I.
Introduction
1
A. Objectives
2
B. Significance of the Study
3
C. Definition of Terms
4
II.
The Nature of Social Networking Sites and Low Academic Performances
III.
Data Supporting the Claim that Social Networking Sites Affect One‟s Academic
Performance Adversely
IV.
5
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Data Against the Claim that Social Networking Sites Affect One‟s Academic
Performance Adversely
19
V.
Comparison of the Two Opposing Data
22
VI.
Implications of the Study to Adolescents and the Society in General
26
VII.
Conclusion
28
Appendices
20
Bibliography