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STS EXAM MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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STS EXAM MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONSAND ANSWERS
· Culture is shaped by tradition.
Values in culture may be classified at a given time as - ANSWER o Emergent,
particularly during the process of change.
o The residual
o Dominant
Which procedure is "ordinary" because it "connects the elements of everyday
life, whether symbolic, structural, material, or effective" ? - The answer is
culture.
The conventional view of culture and technology promotes specific values,
feelings, beliefs, affects, and practices through technology at the expense of
others.
Why do you do what you do when it comes to technology?
Why do you believe what you do about technology?
· The designation of the many "ages" of human growth—Stone Age, Iron Age,
Industrial Age, etc—suggests that - ANSWER - Formal education is
shortsighted in restricting human development to the prevalent technology of
the period.
· The received picture of culture and technology is ultimately a tale, which can
be told differently (answer: True).
· What are the two key elements of the "progress story"? - Answer: Evolution.
, The sublime
· "Progress" is unavoidable, regardless of its definition (answer: False).
· How has the "progress story" been deployed in the United States? - ANSWER
To control the population.
o Promoting a version of "a better life"
o To judge others.
To sell stuff.
"The good life" is commonly defined as - ANSWER · Material and moral
improvement
· Upon its "discovery" (or shortly thereafter), Europeans saw America as a new
Eden, unspoiled by the difficulties of rapidly developing urban life.
o A "clean state" for civilization after so much turbulence and violence.
Assumptions equating technical growth to "the good life" are powerful and
dangerous, as they are generally unchallenged due to their lack of clear
expression.
Assumptions are not explicitly communicated and hence frequently go
unchallenged.
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