A Longitudinal Study of Participants Before and One or Two

question 2

Multiple Choice

A longitudinal study of participants before and one or two years after they had become connected with the Internet (Kraut et al., 1998) found that greater use of the Internet was associated with:

• A) declines in the participants' communication with others in their households
• B) declines in the number of people they socialized with at least once a month
• C) increased levels of loneliness and depression in those who spent most time on the Internet
• D) all of the above
• E) none of the above

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Definitions:

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient speaks freely about their thoughts, feelings, and memories, allowing unconscious material to emerge.

Negative Thinking

A cognitive pattern where an individual consistently anticipates undesirable outcomes or views situations pessimistically.

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique where the patient verbalizes thoughts as they occur without censorship or filtering, to uncover unconscious processes.

Unconscious

Refers to the part of the human mind that is beyond awareness, holding thoughts, memories, and desires that are not accessible through conscious thought.