Izzy Posts a Video of Himself Cuddling with His Cat

question 2

Multiple Choice

Izzy posts a video of himself cuddling with his cat to YouTube. He only has about 25 friends who regularly watch his YouTube postings. His friends really like the video and tell him so, which pleases him. They share it with their friends. The video goes viral and receives over 500,000 views. Many of these unexpected viewers leave highly offensive comments, and Izzy is devastated. What feature of social media does this situation best illustrate?

• A) Izzy had no idea that the video would go viral.
• B) Social media is distracting in unexpected ways.
• C) People relying heavily on social media for validation are more prone to high levels of stress than moderate users.
• D) Social media posts that include people-pleasing imagery get the most views.

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Definitions:

Early Selection

A theory in psychology suggesting that information is selected to be attended to at an early stage during the processing of sensory information.

Retroactive Interference

A memory phenomenon where newly learned information interferes with and impedes the recall of previously learned information.

Proactive Interference

A situation where earlier memories hinder the ability to remember more recent memories.

Parallel-Distributed Processing

A model of information processing in which data is processed simultaneously by multiple pathways or networks, resembling the processing that occurs in the human brain.