"This is your brain on Instagram" Reading Quiz

According to TED, when are the reward centers in our brains are most active? (Paragraph 9)

• When you're going to the bathroom

• When we're going out on a date

• When we're talking about ourselves

• When you're getting ready to comment on a picture

What is the title of the article we read today?

• Social Media: The Effects of Likes and Comments

• Social Media: This is Your Brain

• This is Your Brain On Instagram: Effects of Social Media on the Brain

• This is Your Brain on the Internet: Effects of Watching Youtube

Who is the author of the article "This Is Your Brain on Instagram: Effects of Social Media on the Brain"?

• Kelly McSweeney

• Mrs. Adams

• Kellie O'Brien

• Kamar McKnight

In paragraph 1, the author includes that Statista reports that the average person spends how many minutes on social media each day?

• 1000

• 135

• 200

• 453

Paragraph 2 starts a new section in this article. What is that section's header?

• Comparing Two Mediums

• Purpose of Comparing Yourself

• Psychological Meanings: Social Media

• Psychology: Comparison Is the Thief of Joy

Paragraph 5 starts another new section. What is the header for that section?

• Psychology Making Your Brain Chemistry

• Physiology: Brain Chemistry Leaves Us Craving More “Likes”

• Physiological Reasons for Chemistry

• Psychological Advances in Social Media

Paragraph 7 starts another new section. What is the header for this (last) section?

• Side Effects of Sleeping Too Much

• Side Effects of Using Your Brain

• Side Effects of Social Media on the Brain

• Social Effect of Media and School

In paragraph 2, the author mentions the acronym "FOMO" in parentheses. What does it stand for?

• Fear of missing out

• Filling out my options

• First of many outs

• Fear of making options

In paragraph 4, why does Psychologist Hunt suggest that the reason for feeling depressed after spending too much time on social media boils down to comparison?

• Whenever you visit your old curated posts and see that you didn't get many likes or comments, it makes you feel like you aren't enough.

• When viewing inappropriate sites online, you are more likely to be upset from the negative effect they have on you.

• When you look at other people's profiles, you are more likely to think that you are better than them.

• When looking at someone else’s curated life online, it’s easy to see their perfect pictures and assume their lives are better than yours.

In paragraph 5, the author states that neuroscientists are finding that positive social media interactions (such as a like on your post) trigger the same chemical reaction in your brain caused by which activities?

• Prescriptions and love

• Gambling and recreational drugs

• Alcohol and rollercoasters

• School and friends