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Questions
1. Focusing your attentional resources carefully on one thing to the extent that it is difficult to distract you because you're so engrossed in what you're attending to is known as _____.
inattentional blindness
high perceptual load
synchronization
signal detection
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect to what we discussed in class with respect to social media and addictive behavior?
Social media use produces dopamine "hits" in the brain, but they are not as powerful as the hits produced by drug use.
Over time, social media users must use social media more often to get a good feeling from use.
Social media "addiction" typically does not produce the level of impairment (e.g., feeling out of control, losing one's job or family) associated with other addictions like drugs or gambling.
all of the above are true, based on the research we read for class
3. Is the process by which people communicate information about themselves to other people.
self-awareness
self-monitoring
self-presentation
self-identification
4. According to the research that we discussed in class, which racial groups are underrepresented as TV series regulars in the United States?
White, Black, and female characters
Latino/a, Indigenous, and Asian characters
children
British, French, and Canadian characters
5. The Twenge & Farley article emphasized which elements of media use in their research?
number of hours of use and age of users
race of users and amount of violence in the media
type of media activity and gender of user
education level of user and genre of movie watched
6. Most people who are on social media have noticed acquaintances, friends, and close friends and family members misrepresenting themselves on social media. The research we discussed in class says that we will judge this misrepresentation most harshly when _____ post misleading or false self-presentations.
acquaintances
friends
close friends
all of the above are judged equally harshly
7. According to the Coyne, Padilla-Walker, and Howard article on emerging adulthood and media use, what are the effects of media use on academic achievement?
media use can be a distraction that is associated with lower GPAs, but it can also be a useful tool for classroom engagement
media use is associated with large GPA decreases (50% decrease for students who use social media more than an hour per day)
media use doesn't seem to have any discernable effect on academic achievement
media use has been shown to cause large increases in self-regulation, study skills, and GPA
8. With respect to race and media portrayals, which of the following is/are TRUE of authentic/representative portrayals?
characters are more likely to demonstrate their intersectionality
characters of the same racial group are more likely to be portrayed as unique individuals with different traits
characters may choose modern representations rather than historical portrayals
all of the above.