Technological Optimists Stress That, All Things Considered, Humans Are Much

question 23

Multiple Choice

Technological optimists stress that, all things considered, humans are much better off today than ever before, which is largely due to technological innovations. The optimist believes that

• A) not every single technology has turned out to be beneficial, but modern technology as a whole has brought us enormous benefits.
• B) technology is valuable in an intrinsic sense.
• C) technology is valuable for its own sake.
• D) technology has final value: It is the endpoint of a chain of instrumentally valuable entities.

Recognize the importance of nonverbal communication cues and how they can vary across cultures and contexts.

Understand how leadership can influence organizational culture positively or negatively.

Grasp methods for maintaining organizational culture and their effects.

Recognize the signs of organizational culture through managerial focus and reactions.

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Definitions:

Attribution Theory

The principle that dispositional attributions are made about others (what the other is “really like”) under certain conditions, such as out-group membership.

Attribution Error

Error made in attributing the causes for someone’s behavior to their membership in a particular group, such as a racial group.

Formal Organizations

Highly structured groups formed for a specific set of objectives or activities, characterized by defined roles and administrative rules.

Functionalist Perspective

A sociological approach that emphasizes the interdependence of society's components and their contribution to societal stability and equilibrium.