Using One's Social Skills to Trick People into Revealing Access

question 72

Multiple Choice

Using one's social skills to trick people into revealing access credentials or other valuable information is called ________.

• A) social engineering
• B) social media
• C) social viruses
• D) social processes

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Definitions:

Modern Psychologists

Psychologists who practice and contribute to the field of psychology using contemporary theories, methods, and research findings.

Empirical Evidence

Information acquired by observation or experimentation that is used to validate theories or hypotheses.

Anecdotes

Short, amusing or interesting stories about a real incident or person.

Phrenology

A now-discredited theory that suggested the bumps on the skull could predict mental traits and character traits, popular in the 19th century.