While Alec's grandfather still prefers using a land line, he just bought his first cell phone. Alec's grandfather is most likely oriented toward the past and is a member of the ____ group.
A) non-adopters
B) laggards
C) innovators
D) late adopters
E) late majority

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Laggards are characterized as being oriented toward the past and having low willingness to try new technologies. The fact that Alec's grandfather just bought his first cell phone shows that he is not an early adopter or even a late adopter, but rather a laggard.

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