One Common Source of Anxiety About Technological Advances Has Been

question 21

Multiple Choice

One common source of anxiety about technological advances has been:

• A) The potential for increased unemployment
• B) The amount of money required for the diffusion of new technologies
• C) The uneven distribution of the new technology
• D) The difficulty of understanding the instructions that accompany new devices

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Definitions:

Organizing Effects

Influences that structure or arrange psychological or physiological traits in a systematic way, often seen in the context of development.

Pruning Effects

The neurological process in which unused neural connections in the brain are eliminated to make room for new, more efficient pathways, especially significant during adolescence.

Lateralization Effects

The differing functions or activities of the right and left hemispheres of the brain.

Primary Neurotransmitter

A principal chemical substance released by neurons to transmit signals across synapses to other neurons or muscles.