What term describes a newly adopted technology that is a “good fit,” i.e. that meets people’s needs, they can maintain it, and they have the option to not use the technology?

a. utilitarianist
b. innovation
c. panopticon
d. appropriate technology


d. appropriate technology

Sociology

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In regard to making the pledge to remain a virgin:

a. male pledgers are more likely to retract their pledge and less likely to remain a virgin b. females are less likely to make the pledge and to behave consistent with the pledge c. females and males are equally likely to make the pledge d. females and males are equally likely to behave consistent with the pledge

Sociology

Karl Marx held that leaders of social movements must help workers overcome feelings of

a. class consciousness b. false consciousness c. socialist consciousness d. surplus value

Sociology

The generation of middle-aged people who are supposedly squeezed by the needs of the younger and older members of their family is known as:

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Social scientists use frequency tables, histograms, or frequency polygons to show

A) the relation between two variables. B) the reasoning behind experiments. C) specific hypotheses and test their validity. D) how the data they collect are distributed.

Sociology