CMN 141 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026

CMN 141 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2026 What is one reason that people can selectively self-present on social media? - Social media allows other people to comment on your posts - Social media allows you to control what you post - Social media allows you to post pictures of yourself and friends - Social media is synchronous communciation - Answers Social media allows you to control what you post Due to selective self-disclosure, viewing your own social media profile is a ______ behavior. - Self-promoting - Self-affirming - Self-believing - Self-effacing - Answers Self-affirming In the Nabi (2009) reading, which participants were most likely to intend to have a cosmetic procedure? - Those who identified with television characters and thought that there were benefits to such procedures - Those who did not identify with television characters and thought that there were only benefits to such procedures - Those who only identified with television characters - Those who thought that there were mostly risks to such procedures - Answers Those who identified with television characters and thought that there were benefits to such procedures We learned that, for highly restrained eaters, exposure to the wide screen version of Blue Crush related to: - Greater body dissatisfaction and more food intake - Lower body dissatisfaction and more food intake - Greater body dissatisfaction and less food intake - Lower body dissatisfaction and less food intake - Answers Greater body dissatisfaction and less food intake Imagine that I take a picture of myself to post on my Instagram account, but I have food stuck in my teeth. Instead of posting that picture, I delete it and take another, this time with clean teeth. In doing so, I have engaged in: - Self-affirmation - Selective self-presentation - Self-filtering - Observational learning - Answers Selective self-presentation According to lecture, why did female participants, high in restrictive eating, have the lowest food intake in the wide screen condition? - These participants were not very hungry - These participants perceived that the wide screen bodies were MORE attainable, and restricted eating in an attempt to achieve that idealized body - These participants perceived the wide screen bodies as more attractive - These participants perceived that the wide screen bodies were LESS attainable, which made them feel worse about themselves, so they restricted their eating - Answers These participants perceived that the wide screen bodies were MORE attainable, and restricted eating in an attempt to achieve that idealized body Imagine that you are a heavy consumer of media. Over time, you come to believe that being very thin is the most attractive body type. This is known as: - Body attainability beliefs - Attractiveness beliefs - Social comparison beliefs - Internalization of the thin-ideal - Answers Internalization of the thin-ideal Which of the following IS NOT a key finding from the 13 Reasons Why study? - Viewing was related to increased empathy among adolescents and young adults - Viewing was related to parent-child conversations about mental health - Viewing was related to mental health information seeking - Viewers thought that the portrayal of mental health in the show was not realistic - Answers Viewers thought that the portrayal of mental health in the show was not realistic The results from the Carter et al. (2020) study (about 13RW and prosocial mental health behavior) demonstrated: - Consistent relationships among participants from around the world - Effects of viewing 13RW only among American participants - Negative relationships between viewing 13RW and expressing one's thoughts about mental health - None of the above - Answers Consistent relationships among participants from around the world Consider the following: Proponents of this theory predict that young women find thin models in the media attractive and try to imitate them through dieting and eventually the development of eating disorders. Which theory is being discussed? - Social comparison theory - Cultivation theory - Observational theory - None of the above - Answers Observational theory Based on lecture, which of the following is not an effect of exposure to pornography? - Less progressive attitudes about women - Less desire to have a child with one's partner - Increased use of condoms - Less desire to have sex with one's partner - Answers Increased use of condoms According to class discussion, what can we conclude about the effects of exposure to pornography as they relate to gender? - The effects of exposure are much stronger among men - The effects of exposure are much stronger among women - The effects of exposure are generally similar between men and women