Often when we look to search things on the internet it’s usually something we don’t have the direct specific answer to. This is because what were usually intrigued to answer doesn’t fall into the simple or easy question category. When we don’t know something and refer to looking it up later on the internet, it’s usually unique and of great difficulty compared to our knowledge at the current moment. Because of this, we can infer that the Google effect concludes of difficult things we are sure to be unaware of and isn’t something we should already know. Therefore it’s usually something were most likely to look up so that we can learn it. When we are asked difficult questions we do not know the answer to we tend to turn to the internet and when questions aren’t too difficult we answer them directly. Although we may look up specific facts we may end up forgetting them because they might not have important value in meaning or they might not be worth remembering just because we had to look it up. For example, if you ask the average person “How many points did Lebron James average in his 2015-2016 NBA season?” The average person wouldn’t know that question as it would fall into the hard question category as specific as it is. This person might need to reference this question later on but is it really something that they have to know? The importance of the specific question really matters.
This brings up another topic as to are these questions, questions we have to learn or look up that determine the importance of what was being asked. In most cases when the Google effect occurs is when people say they will “look up” the information later. “To "Look up" means making a conscious decision to want or need to seek more information about a topic later; to remember where you may find information later, but not to memorize it now. For example, you decide not to memorize math formulas because you will be given a formula sheet during the test. “Learn” means being able to reproduce the information from memory.” GENERATION AND THE GOOGLE EFFECT.... - Jessica Siller Page 36. Analyzing what is said, It’s important to properly categorize what is being asked to determine how we go about these questions. The example of the Lebron question asked fell into the to “look up” category as we did not need to memorize what was being asked. We could also imply that age is a factor as those who are more likely to learn information are typically younger people such as students who are in school compared to older people who are not necessarily learning as much in their current stage of life. Therefore they would be more likely to look up and less likely to learn information.
In Appendix A of the link below people were surveyed on “Easy Question Block” where a simple “Yes or No” question was asked on basic knowledge. These questions were found to be quite answerable and less complicated and challenging. In Appendix B was a survey on “Hard Question Block” and the results were that only 51% of the hard questions were answered correctly compared to a 90% correct rate for the easy block questions. Not knowing the answer to the hard questions primed the need to search for it in most cases as prior information and knowledge were not there. The Implications that set it all was the 3rd part Appendix C which was a “Look up or Learn” survey and results showed that there was a strong tendency for people to learn rather than look up which goes against the Google effect in results to show that instead of forgetting to look up what we intentionally were to look up, we actually look it up to learn it. Appendix A:31 Appendix B:33 Appendix C:35/Siler_Jessica_B_201308_BS.pdf
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