WorksheetsSocial Studies - Novelty Seeking Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What name is given to the lightbulb that has been on for >100 years?
longest-lasting-lightbulb
Bulby Baggins
centennial bulb
100-year bulb
century bulb
How many words is Shakespeare credited with inventing?
2,000
1,700
1,000
400
According to an informal study from Spotify, at what age do people stop listening to new music?
50
27
22
33
Which product first introduced annual product updates?
computers
smartphones
lightbulbs
cars
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 ...
The Bandwagon Effect
The Diderot Effect
The Goren Hypothesis
The Compulsive Shopper Effect
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)
Which is true?
Consumers are to blame for Planned Obsolescence
Manufacturers are to blame for Planned Obsolescence
Both consumers and manufacturers are to blame for Planned Obsolescence
You see everyone drinking Boba tea, so you decide to buy some too. This could be described as ...
The Diderot Effect
Novelty-Seeking
The Bandwagon Effect
Semantic Drift
Which politician told young voters to “Pokémon Go to the polls”?
Donald Trump
Boris Johnson
Hilary Clinton
Barack Obama
What is a 'fad'?
a style, activity, or interest that is very popular for a short period of time
general development or change in a situation or in the way that people are behaving
a long-term shift in semantics
an impulse decision
