Deck 6: How Computing Is Changing Who We Are

Question 1

According to the chapter text, our ____ greatly shapes our behavior and affects our interactions with others.

A) interpretive structure
B) moral theory
C) ethical structure
D) self-concept

Answer 1

D

Question 2

There are many sites on the Internet where users can post questions, which are then answered by other users on the site; it is fairly common for ____ to respond to these questions with bad advice.

A) griefers
B) sociopaths
C) cyberbullies
D) trolls

Answer 2

D

Question 3

A degree of separation in a graph is a sequence of edges that leads from one node to another.

Answer 3

False
A path in a graph is a sequence of edges that leads from one node to another.

Question 4

Social network analysis uses a branch of mathematics called ____ theory to analyze social networks.

A) node
B) intentional
C) relational
D) graph

Question 5

In a graph, each ____ represents the fact that two people know each other.

A) plot
B) edge
C) axis
D) element

Question 6

The term cybernetic augmentation means a computerized prosthesis that gives users abilities that normal human beings do not have.

Question 7

In mathematics, a graph is a construct in which individual entities are represented as ____.

A) axes
B) nodes
C) commands
D) cells

Question 8

In the social sciences, the tendency for people to have close friendships primarily with people similar to themselves is called instant personalization.

Question 9

The shortest path in a graph has length ____.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) none of the above

Question 10

The original use of the term social network means a visual representation of the various types of ____ relationships between people.

A) curricular
B) one-to-one
C) lopsided
D) many-to-one

Question 11

In a graph, each ____ represents a person.

A) axis
B) cell
C) edge
D) node

Question 12

A cyberstalker is an online version of the spoilsport - someone who takes pleasure in shattering the world of play itself.

Question 13

A primary source is one that is as close as possible to the topic being studied.

Question 14

In mathematics, a graph is a construct in which related nodes are connected by a(n) ____.

A) plot
B) hypotenuse
C) edge
D) element

Question 15

A ____ is a user who posts in a public forum or chat room, with the goal of either subverting the conversation or otherwise provoking an emotional response.

A) troll
B) cyberstalker
C) cyberbully
D) griefer

Question 16

A social ____, in its original sense, means a visual representation of the people and organizations in society.

A) graph
B) network
C) deliberation
D) imperative

Question 17

A ____ uses the Internet to harass a particular target, often using fake identities or public Web sites to enable the harassment.

A) griefer
B) cyberbully
C) sociopath
D) troll

Question 18

The victims of cyberbullying are significantly more likely to be ____ than cyberbullies.

A) virtuous
B) addicted
C) depressed
D) deliberative

Question 19

Today we use the phrase ____ network to describe Internet sites like Facebook and LinkedIn.

A) social
B) friend
C) media
D) connection

Question 20

From a classical sociological perspective, the ____ is a relatively stable set of perceptions of who we are in relation to ourselves, to others, and to social systems.

A) ego
B) self
C) behavior set
D) identity universe

Question 21

A(n) ____ source is a survey or summary of other work that does not include full evidence, sources, or technical details.

A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) integrated

Question 22

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
the online version of the spoilsport

Question 23

Some people use the word ____ to describe a biological organism that has computer or machine components.

A) biograft
B) cyborg
C) robot
D) protoplasm

Question 24

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
someone who suffers from dissocial personality disorder

Question 25

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
a construct in mathematics in which individual entities are represented as nodes

Question 26

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
describes Internet sites like Facebook

Question 27

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
uses the least number of edges

Question 28

The word ____________________ is sometimes used as a synonym for "graph."

Question 29

Wikipedia empowers certain users (called "____") to lock, or protect, articles if it appears that vandalism is taking place or to encourage warring editors to come to consensus.

A) admins
B) moderators
C) crowd sourcers
D) indexers

Question 30

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
connects related nodes in a graph

Question 31

Examples of cybernetic ____ include implanting a chip in the retina and allowing a direct interface between the brain and computer.

A) augmentation
B) differentiation
C) implementation
D) contextualization

Question 32

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
a branch of mathematics used to analyze social networks

Question 33

When we use the word ____________________, we mean someone who suffers from a dissocial personality disorder.

Question 34

____________________ is addiction to certain online behaviors like gambling, video games, Internet surfing, sex, extreme sports, and so on.

Question 35

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
hypothesis about the social network graph of the whole world

Question 36

What makes ____________________ (that is, sociopathic behavior specific to the Internet) particularly troubling is that the Internet seems to be making these behaviors easier.

Question 37

One example of a ____ system is a human's internal heat regulation system.

A) redundant
B) context-dependent
C) cybernetic
D) tetrad

Question 38

The job of Google's ____ algorithm is to identify which Web pages are the most important.

A) Calculus
B) Behavioral Trigonometry
C) PageRank
D) Page Differentiation

Question 39

The process of an aspect of society becoming "normal" is called ____________________.

Question 40

Match each term with the correct statement below.
a.six degrees of separation
f.social network
b.sociopath
g.graph theory
c.shortest path
h.edge
d.griefer
i.graph
e.cyberbully
someone who uses the Internet to harass a particular target

Question 41

In the context of Wikipedia, what is crowdsourcing?

Question 42

What does the six degrees of separation hypothesis say?

Question 43

Why is the concept of behavioral addiction controversial?

Question 44

Provide a definition of a secondary source and an example thereof.

Question 45

What is social network analysis?

Question 46

What are the three criteria met by the types of role play referred to as digital minstrelsy?

Question 47

In the context of a mathematical graph, what is a shortest path?

Question 48

What is the definition of an elective surgery?

Question 49

What does epistemology study?

Question 50

What is the definition of cybernetics?