Summary

Text I, “You Probably Use Your Smartphone Way More Than You Think”, was written by Carolyn Gregoire and published in 2015 on the website of The Huffington Post.

Text I explains that young adults use their smartphones more than they believe they do. In one study, young adults were asked to estimate how much they used their smartphone in a given time period, and their answers were compared to the data provided by an app that tracked their usage. The participants were not able to estimate their smartphone usage accurately, suggesting that young people are often unaware of how ingrained their habitual smartphone use is. Also, the same study shows that smartphone users tend to have short moments of activity when they check their phones, which last...