Digital Amnesia Without looking it up, can you recall the current phone number of any of the following? (Please select all that apply)(Required) Relatives (parents, spouse, children, etc.) Friends Your place of work Services (doctors, hairdressers, etc.) Nobody Do you remember what your house phone number was when you were 10-years-old? (Please select one)(Required) Yes – the whole number Yes – part of the number No When trying to find the answer to a question, what is the first thing you would do? (Please select one)(Required) Try to remember on your own Ask a friend who might know Look it up in a book Search online Other Once you found the information you were looking for, what would you most likely do? (Please select one)(Required) Memorize it Write it down somewhere Use it as required then forget about it Other How many of the following devices do you use to connect to the Internet? (Please select all that apply)(Required) A smartphone, such as an iPhone or an Android A tablet, such as an iPad or a Samsung Galaxy Note A laptop computer A PC Do you have any additional IT security installed on these devices? (Please select one)(Required) Yes, installed on all of them Yes, installed on some of them No Which of the following best describes how you would feel in the event that you lost the information stored on your connected devices? (Please select one)(Required) Panic – it’s the only place I store my pictures and contact information Sad – there are memories stored on those devices that I will never get back Calm – I have either memorized or have backed up all the things that matter Other Do you ever memorize or jot down something you consider to be important even though it’s stored on a connected device or easily accessible online? (Please select one)(Required) Yes, always Yes, sometimes No, it will always be available via the Internet Indicate whether you agree of disagree for each of the following statements:I use the Internet as an online extension of my brain(Required)Select oneAgreeNeither agree nor disagreeDisagreeI don’t need to remember facts that I’ve found online — but I do need to remember where I found them(Required)Select oneAgreeNeither agree nor disagreeDisagreeMy smartphone is my memory — almost everything I need to know is stored on it(Required)Select oneAgreeNeither agree nor disagreeDisagreeMost people now have so many numbers, email addresses, etc., that it is impossible to memorize them all(Required)Select oneAgreeNeither agree nor disagreeDisagreeI generally need answers quickly and don’t have the time for libraries or books(Required)Select oneAgreeNeither agree nor disagreeDisagree
