"Social Brain Theory" States That ____

question 28

Multiple Choice

"Social brain theory" states that ____.

• A) the human brain evolved to enable humans to have rich, complex social lives
• B) the human brain evolved to allow humans to develop language
• C) humans are born with access to a "collective unconscious" (certain types of cumulative social knowledge)
• D) unlike to the left and right hemispheres in the brains of other animals, the two hemispheres in the human brain are much more "social" (communicative) with one another

Recognize the significant developments in media technology and their social impacts.

Appreciate the interactive nature of new media and its potential to prevent complete domination by media conglomerates.

Analyze the representation of racial and ethnic minorities in the mass media over time.

Identify major media conglomerates and understand their influence on media content.

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Definitions:

Sampling Distribution

A statistic's distribution of probabilities taken from a randomly selected sample.

Standard Error

A measure that indicates the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, most commonly of the mean.

Infinite Population

A concept in statistics referring to a population size that is so large it is considered boundless for practical purposes.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of data points, indicating how much the values deviate from the mean of the set.