COMS 101 QUIZ 6 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
2026 STUDY GUIDE SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What was the 'golden age' of radio? Answer: 1930s & 1940s with
radio theater
◉ In the 'golden age' of television, how many channels were
available for most Americans? Answer: 3
◉ What is the 3rd person effect? Answer: The belief that others are
more influenced by media.
◉ What theory explains that people who watch a lot of television are
more likely to be afraid of being a victim of a crime? Answer:
Cultivation Theory
◉ What theory explains that we often imitate what we see in media?
Answer: Social Cognitive Theory
◉ What is it called when you react to a commercial the way the
producers intended? Answer: Preferred reading
,◉ What type of news stories are about the death of Diane Keaton?
Answer: Soft news
◉ What are Parental Mediation, Body Image, and Health
Communication aspects of? Answer: Media Literacy interventions
◉ What is Phantom-vibration syndrome an aspect of? Answer:
Addiction
◉ What might Mr. Fallon experience after leaving his phone at
home? Answer: Nomophobia
◉ What does the theory of transactive memory state? Answer:
Others help us remember.
◉ According to Dunbar's number, how many total acquaintances and
friends are ideal? Answer: 150
◉ What is social media use primarily motivated by? Answer: The
need for self-presentation and the need to belong.
◉ What is the more common hypothesis regarding social media use?
Answer: Matching Hypothesis
, ◉ What is it called when someone makes a negative assessment of
you due to typos in your email? Answer: Selective perception
◉ What is an example of a belief? Answer: 'Honesty is important to
me.'
◉ What produces cognitive dissonance? Answer: When our beliefs,
values, and behaviors are not in harmony.
◉ What is it called when a person with liberal views chooses to
watch only liberal news channels? Answer: Selective exposure
◉ Which of the following is a source characteristic that influences
persuasion? Answer: Attractiveness
◉ Which is an example of amenable mortality? Answer: Appendicitis
◉ What is Wind Turbine Syndrome? Answer: A quiet epidemic.
◉ What are most medical errors due to? Answer: Communication
breakdown.
◉ What is often the reason for patients' failure to ask questions of
their doctors? Answer: Power distance.
2026 STUDY GUIDE SOLVED QUESTIONS
◉ What was the 'golden age' of radio? Answer: 1930s & 1940s with
radio theater
◉ In the 'golden age' of television, how many channels were
available for most Americans? Answer: 3
◉ What is the 3rd person effect? Answer: The belief that others are
more influenced by media.
◉ What theory explains that people who watch a lot of television are
more likely to be afraid of being a victim of a crime? Answer:
Cultivation Theory
◉ What theory explains that we often imitate what we see in media?
Answer: Social Cognitive Theory
◉ What is it called when you react to a commercial the way the
producers intended? Answer: Preferred reading
,◉ What type of news stories are about the death of Diane Keaton?
Answer: Soft news
◉ What are Parental Mediation, Body Image, and Health
Communication aspects of? Answer: Media Literacy interventions
◉ What is Phantom-vibration syndrome an aspect of? Answer:
Addiction
◉ What might Mr. Fallon experience after leaving his phone at
home? Answer: Nomophobia
◉ What does the theory of transactive memory state? Answer:
Others help us remember.
◉ According to Dunbar's number, how many total acquaintances and
friends are ideal? Answer: 150
◉ What is social media use primarily motivated by? Answer: The
need for self-presentation and the need to belong.
◉ What is the more common hypothesis regarding social media use?
Answer: Matching Hypothesis
, ◉ What is it called when someone makes a negative assessment of
you due to typos in your email? Answer: Selective perception
◉ What is an example of a belief? Answer: 'Honesty is important to
me.'
◉ What produces cognitive dissonance? Answer: When our beliefs,
values, and behaviors are not in harmony.
◉ What is it called when a person with liberal views chooses to
watch only liberal news channels? Answer: Selective exposure
◉ Which of the following is a source characteristic that influences
persuasion? Answer: Attractiveness
◉ Which is an example of amenable mortality? Answer: Appendicitis
◉ What is Wind Turbine Syndrome? Answer: A quiet epidemic.
◉ What are most medical errors due to? Answer: Communication
breakdown.
◉ What is often the reason for patients' failure to ask questions of
their doctors? Answer: Power distance.
