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    This document summarizes a student's attempt at an online quiz for a course on technology and society. It provides the student's responses to 6 multiple choice questions. The student answered 3 of the 6 questions correctly, achieving a score of 50% on this attempt at the practice quiz. The questions covered topics like social shaping perspectives on technology, technological determinism, how social factors can influence technological development, and how open or closed different technologies can be.

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    This document summarizes a student's attempt at an online quiz for a course on technology and society. It provides the student's responses to 6 multiple choice questions. The student answered 3 of the 6 questions correctly, achieving a score of 50% on this attempt at the practice quiz. The questions covered topics like social shaping perspectives on technology, technological determinism, how social factors can influence technological development, and how open or closed different technologies can be.

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    View Content - SOCI-2120-081 - 082 (Technology & Society) - Memorial University of Newfoundland

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    This document summarizes a student's attempt at an online quiz for a course on technology and society. It provides the student's responses to 6 multiple choice questions. The student answered 3 of the 6 questions correctly, achieving a score of 50% on this attempt at the practice quiz. The questions covered topics like social shaping perspectives on technology, technological determinism, how social factors can influence technological development, and how open or closed different technologies can be.

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    QuizSubmissionsSection2:PracticeQuizforReviewPurposes
    YanLiu(username:yl1424)
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    Written:Feb20,20149:56PMFeb20,201410:40PM

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    Yourquizhasbeensubmittedsuccessfully. Question1 Akeypositionorargumentofthesocialshapingperspectiveis Newtechnologiesstandorfallontheirownmeritsandthustechnologicaladvanceisarelatively autonomousprocess 0/1point

    Thedevelopmentanddeploymentofnewtechnologies,inthelongrun,isnotofprimarybenefitto socialgroupsthathavethemostpowerinasociety

    Technologicalchangemustbeanalyzedintermsofsocialinfluencesontheconception,design, implementationandconsumptionoftechnology

    Bothb.andc. Question2 Technologicaldeterminismmaybethoughtofas Aviewoftechnologywhichemphasizesitsautonomyfromthesocial 1/1point

    Aviewoftechnologyinwhichtechnologicalchangeshapessocialchangeinamoreorlessoneway relationship

    Aviewoftechnologicallyinducedchangeasfollowinganinevitablepath

    Alloftheabove

    Noneoftheabove Question3 Socialshapingapproachestothedevelopmentofparticulartechnologiessuggestthat Socialfactorsmayinfluencetheselectionofparticulartechnologicaldevelopmentfromavailable possibilities


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    Socialfactorsmayoperateinindirectwaysbycreatingeconomicorintellectualenvironmentsin whichonlycertainpathsoftechnologicalchangecansucceed

    Socialfactorsmayshapethenatureoftechnologiesthroughtheembodimentofsocialmodelsinto thetechnology

    Alloftheabove Question4 0/1point

    AsarguedbyVolti,theevidenceconcerningtherelationshipbetweensocialorganizationandtechnology suggeststhat Inasomewhatdeterministicmannernewtechnologiestendtoleadtotheadaptationoftheformof socialorganizationthatmaximizestheefficiencyofthetechnology.

    Inamannerakintothesocialconstructionistperspectivetheculture,goalsandcentralinterestsof anorganizationtendtoinfluencethetypeoftechnologyimplementedandhowthetechnologyis implemented

    Thereisacomplexreciprocalrelationshipbetweensocialorganizationandtechnologicalchange

    Noneoftheabove Question5 Biasorvalence,intermsoftechnology,referstotheidea Thatpeoplewillalwayshaveavarietyofbiasedviewpointsaboutthebenefitsandcostsassociated witheachnewtechnology 1/1point

    Thatsometechnologiesaredesigned(intendedorunintended)insuchawaythatinherenttothe technologyisatendencyforittobeusedinsuchawaythatitisunderstoodasleadingtonegative effectsoroutcomes

    Thattechnologieswilltendtoemergeinaparticularordersuchthatsomeneedswillbefilledpriorto otherneedsbeingfilled

    Noneoftheabove Question6 Theopennessofatechnologycanbethoughtofintermsof Moreopentechnologies,suchasthecomputer,canbeusedforawiderangeofpurposeswhileless opentechnologies,suchasalandmine,canonlybeusedforaverynarrowrangeofpurposes


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    Moreopentechnologiesarethosepubliclyaccessibletechnologiessuchascarsandconsumer productswhilelessopentechnologiesareexclusivetoaparticulargroupsuchasmilitarytechnology orspecializedmedicaltechnology

    Opentechnologiesaretechnicallytransparentorsimplerinthatthereisgeneralunderstandingof howtheyworkwhilelessopentechnologiesareopaqueinthattheirtechnicalfunctioningisbeyond theunderstandingofthegeneralpublic

    Alloftheabove

    AttemptScore: 3/6 (50.00%) OverallGrade(highestattempt): 3/6 (50.00%)

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