Who Among the Following Adopters of a New Technology Are

question 99

Multiple Choice

Who among the following adopters of a new technology are more skeptical of technological change and approach innovation with great caution?

• A)The late majority
• B)The early majority
• C)The late minority
• D)The early minority
• E)Early adopters

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Definitions:

Observational Learning

The acquisition of behavior based on the observation of another person’s behavior and of its consequences for that person. Also known as modeling.

Instrumental Conditioning

The process through which an individual learns a behavior in response to a stimulus to obtain a reward or avoid a punishment.

Classical Conditioning

A learning process that occurs when two stimuli are repeatedly paired; a response that is at first elicited by the second stimulus is eventually elicited by the first stimulus alone.

Cognitive Dissonance

A state of psychological tension induced by dissonant relationships between cognitive elements.