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Linda Stone, Continuous Partial Attention

Continuous Partial Attention

Linda Stone

READING COMPREHENSION QUIZ

Take a five-question comprehension quiz on Stone’s "Continuous Partial Attention."

With which companies does the narrator in the video associate Linda Stone?

Apple

Microsoft

Google

Both Apple and Microsoft

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

What, according to Stone, is continuous partial attention?

A focus on many different devices and stimuli, around the clock

A symptom of the increasing incidences of conditions like hyperactivity and autism

A phenomenon largely affecting the elderly and people with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease

The inability of small children to pay full attention to any one thing

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.

How can prolonged continuous partial attention make one feel?

Overwhelmed

Unfulfilled

Exhausted

All of these

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is D.

What is better than continuous partial attention, according to Stone?

Disengagement

Engaged attention

Occasional partial attention

None of these

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is B.

What is the most important trend that Stone says she sees?

That people want quality of life

That people are looking for ease of use

That people are looking for the most efficient product

All of these

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is A.