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Social Studies - Novelty Seeking Review

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What name is given to the lightbulb that has been on for >100 years?

a)

longest-lasting-lightbulb

b)

Bulby Baggins

c)

centennial bulb

d)

100-year bulb

e)

century bulb

2.

How many words is Shakespeare credited with inventing?

a)

2,000

b)

1,700

c)

1,000

d)

400

3.

According to an informal study from Spotify, at what age do people stop listening to new music?

a)

50

b)

27

c)

22

d)

33

4.

Which product first introduced annual product updates?

a)

computers

b)

smartphones

c)

lightbulbs

d)

cars

5.

When a person buys and starts to wear a new shirt, she might then start shopping for a matching scarf and a nice motorcycle to go with it. This is an example of ...

a)

The Bandwagon Effect

b)

The Diderot Effect

c)

The Goren Hypothesis

d)

The Compulsive Shopper Effect

6.

The policy of planning or designing a product with an artificially limited useful life or a purposely frail design, so that it becomes obsolete after a certain pre-determined period of time is called:

(a)  

7.

Which is true?

a)

Consumers are to blame for Planned Obsolescence

b)

Manufacturers are to blame for Planned Obsolescence

c)

Both consumers and manufacturers are to blame for Planned Obsolescence

8.

You see everyone drinking Boba tea, so you decide to buy some too. This could be described as ...

a)

The Diderot Effect

b)

Novelty-Seeking

c)

The Bandwagon Effect

d)

Semantic Drift

9.

Which politician told young voters to “Pokémon Go to the polls”?

a)

Donald Trump

b)

Boris Johnson

c)

Hilary Clinton

d)

Barack Obama

10.

What is a 'fad'?

a)

a style, activity, or interest that is very popular for a short period of time

b)

general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving

c)

a long-term shift in semantics

d)

an impulse decision