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Part 1

Getting Up to Speed on Addiction Basics

IN THIS PART …

 Look at the basic factors involved in Internet and technology addiction, and examine ways to overcome overuse and addictive use of your screens. You also find the definition of addiction, and you can check out the similarities and differences between Internet addiction and substance-based and other addictions. Lastly, you discover some of the most overused and abused forms of content on the Internet.

 Examine the biological and neurobiological basis of addiction and how the reward centers in the brain are involved in the development and maintenance of an addiction. Addiction is a complex biopsychosocial problem that encompasses numerous aspects of your life.

 Recognize that children and teens are perhaps more susceptible to addiction than adults. Numerous hormonal and psychological factors in the developing brain can leave children and adolescents susceptible to Internet and screen-based addictions, as well as addiction in general. Adolescents’ unique biological and psychological development provides fertile ground for an addiction.

 See why smartphones and the Internet are so addictive. Here you examine the unique characteristics and factors that contribute to the addictive nature of the Internet and the devices that you use to access it. See how smartphones are the world’s smallest slot machines and how carrying these devices serves as a portable dopamine pump, providing intermittent, but unpredictable, pleasurable content.