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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 7, the author states that researchers discovered that news coverage of suicide directly correlated with what?
2. The author states in Chapter 5 that a person's brain only remembers about how many types of a particular item?
3. When was Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood published?
4. What refers to the science or study of the origin, development, organization and functioning of human society?
5. One of the studies from Chapter 4 tested a large group of schoolchildren in order to pick out an honest group among them. Schoolchildren who did not cheat in earlier studies did cheat in the same tests given how much later?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the roles of connectors, mavens and salesmen, according to the author in Chapter 6?
2. What is channel capacity, and what importance does it have, according to the author?
3. What key figures in trends does the author describe in Chapter 6?
4. How does the author describe New York City crime when Bernie Goetz’s case took place?
5. What, according to the author, gives teens “psychological permission” to smoke?
6. How does the author describe the work of Robin Dunbar in Chapter 5?
7. What theory does Gladwell introduce to explain the change in New York City crime in Chapter 4?
8. How did crime in New York change in the decade after the Bernie Goetz case? Why do most people believe this change happened?
9. How does the author describe the obstacle in anti-smoking campaigns with teens?
10. What do innovators and early adapters represent to the author? What is the early majority?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the needle exchange program instituted in Baltimore, Maryland. What did researchers expect the outcome of the program to be? How were they wrong? Who are the innovators in this scenario?
Essay Topic 2
Define the broken windows theory and analyze it as it applies in your contemporary world. What are some examples in your day-to-day life that you can see this theory play out? How and when can the effects of the broken windows theory be seen?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the success of Blue’s Clues and the research that goes into the show’s development. How large is the team of researchers for the show? What elements of the show have evolved since its inception?
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