Psychological and Institutional Statistics Case Study 2022

Running head: PSYCHOLOGICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL STATISTICS
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Introduction
Social media activities often influence our psychological age. Human beings comprise of
two ages; psychological and chronological age. The Psychological age is based on the behavior,
feelings and even action while chronological age is based on the birth age. Consequently, the
psychological age can be either lesser or exceed the chronological age since it is dependent on
the feelings and behavioral responses on the individual on the occurrence of activities. The
psychological age is always an estimate that is based on specific activities after conducting a
psychological test on the activity (Stone, 2010).
A psychological test is an evaluation of the test of abilities and emotional functioning of
individuals. These tests can be in written or verbal form. The test results obtained are then
converted into the scaling state such that they are arranged according to their level of intensity.
The level of intensity is determined by the defined scales to differentiate the individuals based on
the indicators of the variable. The four commonly used scale tests include; Likert, Bogardus
Social Distance, Thurstone, and Semantic Differential Scale. This test can be performed for
several reasons but in this case, it is to estimate the psychological age based on social media
activities. Social Media activities include communication and interaction, content creation such
as information, programs, and videos and also sharing them on the platform.
Review of Literature
Social media activities have been among the major subject of discussion in psychology. It
has played a vital role in influencing the individuals in the 19th, 20th and 21st-century era.
Various studies have been conducted on this subject matter and they have proved its significance
in the psychological age formation.

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Studies on adolescence have been associated with social media. Adolescence is the stage
of transition from childhood to adulthood, in this stage; the child is likely influenced by his peers
other than his parents. Notably also, is that the child develops an interest in social acceptance,
self-image and even emotional reactions to activities and things. Social media provides a
platform for expression and great exposure on self; therefore the child is influenced by the
exposure but also may suffer the risk that comes with it (Garcia, 2012). Often, children fall into
low self-esteem and even depression because of suffering from social rejection. Also with the
information, the child understands how to react emotionally to certain activities and events. The
results obtained lead to growth and also conflicting growth in regards to the influence received
from social media activities.
Intelligence and creativity have been influenced greatly by social media activities. The
social media has created access to global information. This information has been placed in
different forms such as journals, books, articles, videos et al, hence making it widely accessible.
This information has been of great importance to individuals since it has in learning a digital skill
and getting information a subject matter such as Healthy ways of living (Van Vugt, 2014). Also
with the rising use of the internet, it has been useful in developing technologies and also
influenced the information on ways to be creative. However, with the ease of putting
information, there can be unreliable information but the good outweighs the bad.
Studies also have been conducted in regards to social networking. With an increased level
of awareness of social media activities, individuals have increased rapidly in becoming more
interactive. This has also increased access to mobile devices. So many people who participate in
these interactive platforms have permanently been connected to their online social networks. A
survey with respondents in most parts of the world found that a very large percentage