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An aspect of the character of everyday life in a society that refers to the extent to which technics pervade everyday existence

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A new intellectual, material, or social product or process ready for practical us, or the process involved in arriving at one form

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Steps taken in the research process to assure validity, reliability, and generalization of the results. These steps include observation, gathering the data, hypothesis testing and analysis of data.

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Technology used to extend the transmission of information between individuals and groups over both distance and time.

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The idea that the design and selection of technologies should reflect the social, economic, cultural, and ecological conditions of the society into which they are to be introduced. The phrase is most often used to refer to low-energy, labor-intensive, easy-to-understand-and-use technologies conductive to local, independent use in energy-poor, labor-rich, less developed countries.

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Five Historical Perspectives on the Rise of Concenr over Science and Technology in Society

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One previous lecture stated that the "Roles of Science are: 1. [?]; and 2. Combat Irrationality.

• Inspirational Innovation
• Cognitive Authority
• Development of visions for the future
• Molding Creativity
• Encouraging Scholarly Pursuits

As noted in the assigned reading "Why Study and Technolgoy in Society": In response to the growing importance of science and technology in contemporary society, the __[?]__ has witnessed the birth and growth of a new academic field: Science, Technology, and Society.

• Last Two Decades
• Milenial Stage
• Dawn of a new era
• 21st century
• Current generation

"Besides their increasing social importance and the growing recognition that inportance, phenome of science and technology, are studied by scholars because they are interesting and complex __[?]__ phenomena.

• As well as potentially expolosive
• Modern
• As well as controversial
• human
• sociocultural phenomena

__[?]__ arose as a perennial form of human activity because, undaided by technics, most human capacities, that is, perceptual mental and physical abilities--are quite limited.

• Work
• Technology
• Leisure
• Scientific Methodologies
• Science