Chap 2
Understanding Technology and Society Quiz
Test your knowledge on the intricate relationships between technology and society with our engaging quiz. Dive into topics such as automation, genetic engineering, and the impact of the Internet on modern culture.
- 32 multiple choice questions
- Learn about key concepts in technology and culture
- Perfect for students, educators, and tech enthusiasts
Dominant in an industrial society, the replacement of human labor with machinery and equipment that is self-operating.
Automation
Cybernation
Mechanization
Postmodernism
A condition in which the material part of culture changes at a faster rate than the nonmaterial part
Cultural lag
Postmodernism
Future shock
Science
The use of electronic devices (e.g., websites, e-mail, instant messaging, text messaging) to send or post negative or hurtful messages or images about an individual or a group.
Cyber-bullying
Technology-induced diseases
Technological fix
Technological dualism
Dominant in postindustrial societies, the use of machines to control other machines.
Cybernation
Automation
Mechanization
Technology
The buying and selling of goods and services over the Internet.
E-commerce
Internet
Technology
Science
The state of confusion resulting from rapid scientific and technological changes that unravel our traditional values and beliefs.
Future shock
Cultural lag
Postmodernism
Technology
Exclusive control over a particular gene as a result of government patents.
Gene monopoly
Genetic engineering
Genetic screening
Gene therapy
The transplantation of a healthy gene to replace a defective or missing gene.
Gene therapy
Genetic engineering
Gene monopoly
Genetic screening
The manipulation of an organism’s genes in such a way that the natural outcome is altered.
Genetic engineering
Gene monopoly
Genetic screening
Gene therapy
Laws that require that genetic information be handled separately from other medical information.
Genetic exception law
Gene monopoly
Genetic screening
Genetic engineering
The use of genetic maps to detect predispositions to human traits or disease(s).
Genetic screening
Genetic engineering
Therapeutic cloning
Gene therapy
The union of an egg and a sperm in an artificial setting such as a laboratory dish.
In Vitro Fertilization
Abortion
Partial birth abortion
Gene therapy
An international information infrastructure available through universities, research institutes, government agencies, libraries, and businesses.
Internet
Science
Technology
E-commerce
Entails illegally downloading or distributing copyrighted material (e.g., music, games, software).
Internet piracy
Net neutrality
Membership community
Technological fix
A general term that includes any spyware, viruses, and adware that is installed on an owner’s computer without their knowledge.
Malware
Internet
Technology
Science
Dominant in an agricultural society, the use of tools to accomplish tasks previously done by hand.
Mechanization
Automation
Cybernation
Technology
Internet sites where participation requires membership and members regularly communicate with one another for personal and/or professional reasons.
Membership community
Internet piracy
Net neutrality
Web 2.0
A principle that holds that Internet users should be able to visit any website and access any content without Internet service provider interference.
Net neutrality
Internet piracy
Membership community
Web 2.0
A practice in which a business subcontracts with a third party, ofter in low-wage countries such as China and India, for services.
Outsource
Cultural lag
Future shock
E-commerce
Also called an intact dilation and extraction (D & E) abortion, the procedure may entail delivering the limbs and the torso of the fetus before it has expired.
Partial birth abortion
Abortion
In Vitro Fertilization
Technology-induced diseases
A worldview that questions the validity of rational thinking and the scientific enterprise.
Postmodernism
Automation
Cybernation
Mechanization
The process of discovering, explaining, and predicting natural or social phenomena.
Science
Technology
Postmodernism
Technological fix
Undifferentiated cells that can produce any type of cell in the human body.
Stem cells
Genetic engineering
Gene therapy
Therapeutic cloning
The tendency for technology to have both positive and negative consequences.
Technological dualism
Technological fix
Telepresencing
Internet
The use of scientific principles and technology to solve social problems.
Technological fix
Technological dualism
Telepresencing
Internet
Activities that apply the principles of science and mechanics to the solutions of a specific problem.
Technology
Internet
Science
Postmodernism
Diseases that result from the use of technological devices, products, and/or chemicals.
Technology-induced diseases
Abortion
Partial birth abortion
In Vitro Fertilization
A sophisticated technology which allows life-sized participants in the virtual presence of one another to realistically communicate through broadcast quality sound and images.
Telepresencing
Technology
Science
Internet
Use of stem cells from human embryos to produce body cells that can be used to grow needed organs or tissues.
Therapeutic cloning
Stem cells
Genetic engineering
Genetic screening
A platform for millions of users to express themselves online in the common areas of cyberspace.
Web 2.0
Internet
Science
Membership community
The intentional termination of a pregnancy.
Abortion
Partial birth abortion
In Vitro Fertilization
Technological fix
A federal law that prohibits discrimination in health coverage or employment based on genetic information.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008
Genetic exception laws
Genetic therapeutic
Genetic engineering
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