Episode 4: Media and the Mind

What is the amount of time and attention needed to finish a task called?

• brain baggage

• cognitive load

• cerebral chaos

• forward focus

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What is a way the brain understands a task, the desired outcomes, and the strategy to get there called?

• a schema

• a ritual

• a fantasy

• a goal

Our brains are desired to take ____________ and to automate many tasks.

• pictures

• naps

• shortcuts

• time

What do our human brains have an inherent desire to do?

• complete a picture

• form closure

• fill in the blanks

• connect the dots

• all of the above

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What is it called when your brain fills in the blanks of a partially remembered memory and creates a new memory?

• denial of truth

• false memory

• fictional impression

• brain echo

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What is it called when we only seek out information that we already prefer, understand, and believe to be true?

• personal choice

• seeking the truth

• cyclical research

• confirmation bias

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All social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Youtube, etc.) are designed to ____________ confirmation bias and keep users on them as long as possible.

• perpetuate

• teach

• reward

• destroy

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What is it called when we simply accept whatever answer is laid out in front of us because we're busy or not really interested or concerned with hunting down the right answer?

• data consent

• information satisficing

• impulsive consumerism

• information inertia

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How do you learn to acknowledge your biases and thought patterns?

• listen to whatever someone older than you tells you is true

• meditate before reading or watching the news

• join a group of like-minded people and protest any who disagree

• learn and practice critical thinking skills

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Stories are ____________________ tools.

• entertaining

• useless

• sense-making

• diverse

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