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About what percentage of Americans are gamers?

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What is the average age of gamers in America?

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Adult women:

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Which of the following is true?

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Which of the following games is liked more by male players than female players?

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Which genre of game is liked more by female players than male players?

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Which genre of game is liked more by female players than male players?

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Which type of game is liked equally by both male and female players?

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Which of the following would be liked more by girls than boys?

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Which type of play style is more typical of boy play than girl play?

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According to evolutionary psychologists, play is:

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All of the following are uses and gratifications of video games, except:

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Which of the following is a cognitive skill where girls are generally better than boys?

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Which cognitive skill are boys generally better at than girls?

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Boys are more likely than girls to prefer to play video games that feature:

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Girls are more likely than boys to prefer playing video games that feature:

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The flow state is realized when there is a balance between:

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of flow?

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Which of the following activity characteristics could hinder a flow state?

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According to the Media Flow Model, when skill is too high and there isn't enough challenge, this results in:

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According to the Media Flow Model, when challenge is too high and skill is too low this results in:

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According to Weber, the neurological explanation for flow is:

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Which two attentional networks are implicated in Weber's theory of flow?

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According to Weber, when a person's attention networks oscillate in unison, the person experiences:

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Which of the following is an example of an actual aggression outcome measure in the violent video game experiment?

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The US Supreme Court video game decision hinged on all of the following except:

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Which of the following is true about the music industry?

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Which of the following is the most popular genre of music?

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What group makes us the largest audience for music in the US?

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How many record companies are there?

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In the music industry, "deep catalog" refers to what practice?

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Which of the following is one of the basic assumptions of uses and gratifications research?

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Uses and gratifications states that all of the following are predictors of media use except:

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Music choice is a function of all the following, except:

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Listening to the radio in your car out of habit is an example of:

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Reading the newspaper to find out about the latest student riot is an example of:

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Which type of use focuses primarily on general use of the medium (e.g., people watch TV or listen to records)?

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Which type of use is typified by the highest amount of media use?

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All of the following are uses and gratifications of music, except:

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Which medium do people choose most for learning?

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All of the following are uses and gratifications that are common across television, video games and music, except:

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According to Selective Exposure Theory, individuals use media to get back to an optimal state of arousal known as ______?

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According to the Selective Exposure Theory, the ability of a message to engage or absorb an aroused individual's attention is called:

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According to the Mood Management Theory, how close the media content is to the mood that is to be reduced is called:

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In order for mood management to work, the media must:

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People who wish to use music to change their mood should use songs that have absorption potential that is:

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Which of the following events will net the largest television audience?

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Changing the rules of baseball to make it easier for batters to hit home runs is an example of which appeal of sports?

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Cheering for the Spartans to win the Big Ten Championship game because you are an MSU student is an example of which appeal of sports?

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Watching your sister's field hockey game on TV is an example of which appeal of sports?

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Using war metaphors to describe a TV bowling tournament is an example of which appeal of sports?

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The National Labor Relations Board decided that the Northwestern University football team should be allowed to form a union because:

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The highest paid public employee in most states is:

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The highest paid public employee in most states is:

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ESPN is covering the World Indoor Bullying Championship, where Nelson will attempt to set the record by beating up six nerds simultaneously. This is an example of which appeal of sports?

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People on campus want the Spartan football team (affective relationships) to win and Michigan to lose (favorable outcome). The combination of these appeals is consistent with what theory?

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Cartman never misses an episode of the television show, Basketball Wives, which repeatedly portrays NBA wives as selfish and vapid. As a result, Cartman believes that NBA wives in general are selfish and spoiled. This is an example of what theory?

Final Exam Review

COM375 (2)

About what percentage of Americans are gamers?

What is the average age of gamers in America?

Adult women:

Which of the following is true?

Which of the following games is liked more by male players than female players?

Which genre of game is liked more by female players than male players?

Which genre of game is liked more by female players than male players?

Which type of game is liked equally by both male and female players?

Which of the following would be liked more by girls than boys?

Which type of play style is more typical of boy play than girl play?

According to evolutionary psychologists, play is:

All of the following are uses and gratifications of video games, except:

Which of the following is a cognitive skill where girls are generally better than boys?

Which cognitive skill are boys generally better at than girls?

Boys are more likely than girls to prefer to play video games that feature:

Girls are more likely than boys to prefer playing video games that feature:

The flow state is realized when there is a balance between:

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of flow?

Which of the following activity characteristics could hinder a flow state?