Key Factors in Making Electronic Devices Increasingly Smaller and Less

question 8

Multiple Choice

Key factors in making electronic devices increasingly smaller and less expensive include ____.

• A) transistors
• B) integrated circuits
• C) a & b
• D) neither a nor b

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Definitions:

External Strains

Stressors or pressures from the external environment that impact individuals or groups, potentially leading to social problems or deviance.

Ethnographic Conversational Analysis

A research method that combines the detailed study of cultural practices with the micro-analysis of conversation dynamics to understand social interactions within their cultural context.

Text Messages

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Ethnomethodology

A sociological approach focusing on the ways in which individuals make sense of their world, convey this understanding to others, and thereby produce a shared social order.