What Effect Does Social Media Have on Emerging Adults' Friendships

question 64

Multiple Choice

What effect does social media have on emerging adults' friendships that began face-to-face?

• A) Seeing friends' posts makes people depressed.
• B) Emerging adult friends usually stay in contact exclusively through social media.
• C) Friendships deepen as friends become more aware of their friends' tribulations and celebrations.
• D) Social media facilitates gossiping about each other with mutual friends.

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Definitions:

Contingency Management

Contingency Management is a behavior modification technique where desired behaviors are reinforced through tangible rewards or the removal of negative consequences.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy technique where a maladaptive response is replaced with a more desirable one by associating the feared stimulus with a new, positive response.

Stimulus Control

A behavior modification technique that involves changing the environment to manage the stimuli that trigger undesirable behaviors, thereby reducing or eliminating those behaviors.

Stimulation

Any activity that arouses or excites a bodily function or mental process, potentially leading to enhanced functioning or perception.