Social Media: Risks & Opportunities exam questions with answers on
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Questions
Lecture 1 – Introduction
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Lecture 2 – Experiencing online aggression
A) Facebook intensity mediates the relationship between Dark Triad personality traits and
cyber-aggression
B) Proximal determinants are immediate determinants of a specific behaviour
Only A is correct
Only B is correct
Both A and B are correct
Both A and B are false
Lecture 3 – Online prosocial behaviour
The following quotes relate to the study of Guo et al. (2018) regarding shyness and prosocial
behavior. Assess which statements are true based on the findings of their study.
1) A higher social self-efficacy is positively related to people’s empathic concern, which in
turn leads to a higher likelihood to perform online prosocial behavior
2) Both social self-efficacy as perspective taking predict online social behavior.
Only 1 is true
Only 2 is true
Both 1 and 2 are true
Both 1 and 2 are false
Lecture 4 – Witnessing online aggression
A) Pabian and colleagues showed that being a bystander of cyberbullying leads to lower
levels of empathic responsiveness at a later time point
B) Media effect theories focus only on changes in attitudes and behaviour
Only A is correct
Only B is correct
Both A and B are correct
Both A and B are false
Lecture 5 – Online support
- No examples
Lecture 6 – Celebrity bashing
What significant others think of a risk behavior and whether they typically approve or
disapprove it is called:
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Questions
Lecture 1 – Introduction
- No example
Lecture 2 – Experiencing online aggression
A) Facebook intensity mediates the relationship between Dark Triad personality traits and
cyber-aggression
B) Proximal determinants are immediate determinants of a specific behaviour
Only A is correct
Only B is correct
Both A and B are correct
Both A and B are false
Lecture 3 – Online prosocial behaviour
The following quotes relate to the study of Guo et al. (2018) regarding shyness and prosocial
behavior. Assess which statements are true based on the findings of their study.
1) A higher social self-efficacy is positively related to people’s empathic concern, which in
turn leads to a higher likelihood to perform online prosocial behavior
2) Both social self-efficacy as perspective taking predict online social behavior.
Only 1 is true
Only 2 is true
Both 1 and 2 are true
Both 1 and 2 are false
Lecture 4 – Witnessing online aggression
A) Pabian and colleagues showed that being a bystander of cyberbullying leads to lower
levels of empathic responsiveness at a later time point
B) Media effect theories focus only on changes in attitudes and behaviour
Only A is correct
Only B is correct
Both A and B are correct
Both A and B are false
Lecture 5 – Online support
- No examples
Lecture 6 – Celebrity bashing
What significant others think of a risk behavior and whether they typically approve or
disapprove it is called:
