that took the undergrad less than 30 seconds the day before? Is there actually something in the brain that separates book smarts from street smarts? Why can the undergrad find the switch while the profs become overwhelmed at the number of buttons? Even better, these professors are award winning and I know 2 wrote their own textbooks.
2007-02-11 08:58:23 · 4 answers · asked by trueblue88 5 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
For some reason, old people just don't understand the whole button pushing thing. I don't understand it myself, my teacher fumbles with a vcr. I think a lot of them are afraid of breaking them that they really try to make sure they press the right button. I don't think it has anything to do with tech saviness.
2007-02-11 09:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by theprof00 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Those 3 professors probably didn't grow up in the age of technology like we did. They may be far ahead of us as far as physics, astronomy, and social science, but if you ask them how to turn on a computer, it's like a foreign language to them. They will immediately get out the instruction manual and hope that they can follow the directions correctly. These days, a kid my age could walk up to a computer and interpret a difficult computer programming software without any problem. It's sad, but it's true.
2007-02-11 17:18:17 · answer #2 · answered by Shep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like tell them to change a flat tire, and the first thing they will do is get the owner's manual and look thru it first. But ask them what the circumference of an atom is and they will just start telling you. When the mind does this is because it's been trained to do difficult taks and when a simple one comes up, the mind doesn't know what to do and it freezes.
2007-02-11 17:11:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not everyone is tech-savvy.
2007-02-11 17:01:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋