Social Media and Mental Health Quiz

Karen saw a photo on Facebook that three of her best friends were hanging out without her, which made her very upset. Which of the following should Karen NOT do?

• Get off social media and hang out with family.

• Stay on social media and look to see if her friends post more photos.

• Go for a walk outside.

• Call her cousin and catch up.

What is an example of having good media balance?

• Get off social media and call friends to catch up.

• Get off social media and go playing basketball.

• Having hobbies that do not involve being online.

• All of the above.

Which of the following is a sign that you’re spending too much time using social media?

• You set how many minutes you are going to stay on social media.

• You use your social media to share resources and fun activities with your friends.

• You check your social media all the time even when you need to concentrate on your homework.

• You turn off the notification button on your phone when you need to concentrate on your homework.

Ivonne is a fan of the Golden State Warriors (basketball team). She uses her social media to receive updates about games and players. The updates and notifications are endless and make her feel as if she may miss something if she is not online. Which of the following would help Ivonne create a more balanced use of social media?

• She could stop using social media.

• She could use the settings to increase the number of notifications.

• She could use the notifications settings to limit the number of daily notifications.

• She could follow a different basketball team on social media.

John is very active on his social media and receives a lot of great comments on his posts. To reply to all the comments, he has started to turn down invitations from close friends to play soccer, his favorite sport. How can John best manage his social media use for a balanced lifestyle?

• There is nothing John can do about it because he needs to reply to his online friends.

• John can ask his soccer team friends to help him with the replies.

• John can reply to his online friends late at night even if that means missing some sleep time.

• John can decide not to respond to everyone immediately.

Shaina’s Instagram account got hacked - What should she do about it first?

• Make a new one

• First create a new password and see if she can login again

• Panic and cry

If Shaina cannot access her Instagram account and cannot make a new password, what should she do next?

• Contact Instagram and tell them what happened to shut down the account

• Try and figure out who hacked the account and tell them to stop

• Not do anything and just create a new one

Why do we not want to put private information like our social security number online?

• Someone could steal your identity

• Someone then has access to a lot more information of your

• An online Predator could hurt you

• All of the above

Anthony went to go pay for his groceries and his credit card got declined - what should he do next?

• Rip up the credit card

• Call his credit card company and figure out what went wrong

• Yell at the person who is checking out his groceries and tell them it is their fault

• Hide his credit card in his safe at home

If someone hacked your account, stole your identity, etc. you should act…

• At your own pace

• Immediately

• When you have time to get to it

• Never, it will get fixed on its own