Deck 11: Technology

Question 1

Developed by Gerhard Lenski, which theory identifies interactions between differing technological bases as the primary instigator for social change?

A) Ecological materialism
B) Ecological evolutionary
C) Cultural evolutionary
D) Cultural materialism

Answer 1

Ecological evolutionary

Question 2

Developed by Marvin Harris, which theory attributes subsistence and related technologies and reproduction as the primary instigators of social change?

A) Ecological materialism
B) Ecological evolutionary
C) Cultural evolutionary
D) Cultural materialism

Answer 2

Cultural materialism

Question 3

Which of the following is not an example of technological diffusion?

A) Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone
B) Usage of high-yield modified seeds by Indian farmers that were developed in the United States
C) Spread of the printing press from its invention in France throughout Europe
D) Expansion of sanitation innovations throughout the Roman Empire

Answer 3

Alexander Graham Bell's invention of the telephone

Question 4

Burkhardt and Brass's 1990 study exploring the relationship between computer technology and power in an organization found that:

A) No correlation existed between technological advancements and power.
B) The first employees to take advantage of new technological advancements had fewer opportunities to increase their power within the organization.
C) The first employees to take advantage of new technological advancements had greater opportunities to increase their power within the organization.
D) None of the above.

Question 5

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

A) Controlling for education and income, studies have found that White adults use the Internet less than other groups.
B) In comparison to women, men used a higher proportion of their computer time playing video games.
C) Playing video games is inversely associated with poor academic performance.
D) In comparison to other racial groups, Blacks were more likely to use the Internet for religious/spiritual purposes.

Question 6

In a 1997 study, airline employees from which country were found to have the least acceptance of technology?

A) Sweden
B) United States
C) Japan
D) All countries had equivalent levels of technology acceptance

Question 7

What persuades individuals to participate in social media?

A) Desire (biological)
B) Thought processes (brain)
C) Environment (physical and social)
D) All of the above

Question 8

Using the Five Factor Model of Personality, which personality traits were more common in bloggers?

A) Openness to experience
B) Conscientiousness
C) Neuroticism
D) Both A and C

Question 9

Which of the following statements about Internet addiction is false?

A) A 1996 study of dependent and nondependent Internet users found few differences between the two groups when looking for personal impairments, such as academic, relational, and financial.
B) Men are more likely than women to have an Internet addiction.
C) Internet addiction is found to co-occur with other disorders such as depression, anxiety, and substance abuse.
D) Internet addiction is estimated to affect 1% of the population.

Question 10

Newer technologies are often first mastered by individuals in which life stage?

A) Fetal environment and infancy
B) Early childhood and childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Adulthood

Question 11

Technologies related to earning money become emphasized during which life stage?

A) Fetal environment and infancy
B) Early childhood and childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Adulthood

Question 12

Reproductive technologies such as in vitro fertilization and artificial insemination have the greatest impact on which life stage?

A) Fetal environment and infancy
B) Early childhood and childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Adulthood

Question 13

The successful use of tools necessary for survival occurs during which life stage?

A) Fetal environment and infancy
B) Early childhood and childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Adulthood

Question 14

The dominance of technology is a recent phenomenon.

Question 15

Nearly everything humans do involves some form of technology.

Question 16

Other than humans, chimpanzees have the greatest tool use of all species.

Question 17

Comparisons between brain-imaging scans of experienced and nonexperienced Internet users suggest that technology can affect our biology.

Question 18

Social media was the first form of communication to spread rapidly across the globe.

Question 19

Risk for sexual victimization over the Internet decreases as one moves from childhood into adolescence.

Question 20

Age directly impacts one's adoption and use of new technologies.

Question 21

Describe ways in which the distribution of technology throughout society is affected by the following: power, gender and race, and national origin.

Question 22

Explain the impact of technology at each life stage: fetal environment and infancy, early childhood and childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Include an example of a specific technology targeted toward each life stage.