Tech and Society exam || with Confirmed Answers.
What are Humanities? correct answers Branches of knowledge that concern
themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic
and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of
human values and of the unique ability of the human spirit to
express itself.
Humanities include? correct answers As a group of educational disciplines, the
humanities are distinguished in content and method from the
physical and biological sciences and, somewhat less decisively,
from the social sciences. The humanities include the study of
all languages and literatures, the arts, history, and philosophy. The humanities are sometimes
organized as a school or
administrative division in many colleges and universities.
When was the term "studies of humanity" first used? correct answers 15th century
What did the Italian humanists study? correct answers literary and scholarly activities in
grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, moral philosophy, and ancient Greek and Latin studies.
Contemporary conceptions correct answers a complete educational program based on the
propagation of a self-sufficient system of human
values.
What is technology? correct answers It is the source of the Greek word tekne, which can be
variously translated as "art," "craft," or "skill." It is also the root of the Latin word texere, which
means "to weave." The term "technologist" was
occasionally used by Aristotle and others of his
time, but in their usage it referred to a grammarian
or rhetorician.
What is technology? correct answers the principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more
conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science
What is an example of a nature of technology? correct answers bridges
How is technology and humanity related? correct answers reliance on technology is as old as
humanity itself. Our past as well as our future as a species is linked to our capacity to transcend
our physical limitations and environments. Right or wrong, technology is the element that
allows us to do this.
Organizations correct answers The development, production, and employment of
particular technologies require a group effort.
Example: CERN
, Systems correct answers When technology is seen as a combination of devices, skills,
and organizational structures, it becomes natural to think of it as a
system.
Example: NASA
moreover definition of technology correct answers a system created
by humans that uses knowledge and organization to produce
objects and techniques for the attainment of specific goals.
Enlightened Progress correct answers Beginning in the late eighteenth century and continuing
today,
technology's stunning advances have fueled the belief in
generalized human progress. Began in earnest during the
seventeenth century and eventually claimed the allegiance of a
majority of thinkers over the next two hundred years. this movement eventually come to
represent a conflict between
religion and the inquiring mind that wanted to know and
understand through reason based on evidence and proof.
Enlightened Progress correct answers Three of the chief sources for Enlightenment
thought were the ideas of ancient Greek philosophers
(particularly Aristotle), the Renaissance, and the Scientific
Revolution.
Technological Determinism correct answers The belief that technology acts as an independent
force in our life,
unaffected by social forces. Basically, technology is growing and expanding on its own time. We
have become the servant of technology instead
of its master.
Technology's Limitations correct answers we can use all kinds of
sophisticated medical equipment and techniques to
preserve the lives of sickly infants who have been born
many weeks premature, but we can't seem to conquer
the poverty that often results in sick infants. There's such a gulf between technological
progress and social progress.
Technological changes correct answers Technological changes inevitably produce social
changes.
These changes, in turn, do not affect everyone equally.
Although many technologies produce widespread benefits,
not everyone benefits to the same degree, and there are
instances where particular individuals and groups lose out
completely.
What is industrialization? correct answers a momentous shift from a rural
What are Humanities? correct answers Branches of knowledge that concern
themselves with human beings and their culture or with analytic
and critical methods of inquiry derived from an appreciation of
human values and of the unique ability of the human spirit to
express itself.
Humanities include? correct answers As a group of educational disciplines, the
humanities are distinguished in content and method from the
physical and biological sciences and, somewhat less decisively,
from the social sciences. The humanities include the study of
all languages and literatures, the arts, history, and philosophy. The humanities are sometimes
organized as a school or
administrative division in many colleges and universities.
When was the term "studies of humanity" first used? correct answers 15th century
What did the Italian humanists study? correct answers literary and scholarly activities in
grammar, rhetoric, poetry, history, moral philosophy, and ancient Greek and Latin studies.
Contemporary conceptions correct answers a complete educational program based on the
propagation of a self-sufficient system of human
values.
What is technology? correct answers It is the source of the Greek word tekne, which can be
variously translated as "art," "craft," or "skill." It is also the root of the Latin word texere, which
means "to weave." The term "technologist" was
occasionally used by Aristotle and others of his
time, but in their usage it referred to a grammarian
or rhetorician.
What is technology? correct answers the principles, processes, and nomenclatures of the more
conspicuous arts, particularly those which involve applications of science
What is an example of a nature of technology? correct answers bridges
How is technology and humanity related? correct answers reliance on technology is as old as
humanity itself. Our past as well as our future as a species is linked to our capacity to transcend
our physical limitations and environments. Right or wrong, technology is the element that
allows us to do this.
Organizations correct answers The development, production, and employment of
particular technologies require a group effort.
Example: CERN
, Systems correct answers When technology is seen as a combination of devices, skills,
and organizational structures, it becomes natural to think of it as a
system.
Example: NASA
moreover definition of technology correct answers a system created
by humans that uses knowledge and organization to produce
objects and techniques for the attainment of specific goals.
Enlightened Progress correct answers Beginning in the late eighteenth century and continuing
today,
technology's stunning advances have fueled the belief in
generalized human progress. Began in earnest during the
seventeenth century and eventually claimed the allegiance of a
majority of thinkers over the next two hundred years. this movement eventually come to
represent a conflict between
religion and the inquiring mind that wanted to know and
understand through reason based on evidence and proof.
Enlightened Progress correct answers Three of the chief sources for Enlightenment
thought were the ideas of ancient Greek philosophers
(particularly Aristotle), the Renaissance, and the Scientific
Revolution.
Technological Determinism correct answers The belief that technology acts as an independent
force in our life,
unaffected by social forces. Basically, technology is growing and expanding on its own time. We
have become the servant of technology instead
of its master.
Technology's Limitations correct answers we can use all kinds of
sophisticated medical equipment and techniques to
preserve the lives of sickly infants who have been born
many weeks premature, but we can't seem to conquer
the poverty that often results in sick infants. There's such a gulf between technological
progress and social progress.
Technological changes correct answers Technological changes inevitably produce social
changes.
These changes, in turn, do not affect everyone equally.
Although many technologies produce widespread benefits,
not everyone benefits to the same degree, and there are
instances where particular individuals and groups lose out
completely.
What is industrialization? correct answers a momentous shift from a rural
