Which Statement About the Technology Life Cycle Is True

question 54

Multiple Choice

Which statement about the technology life cycle is true?

• A)A technology life cycle can be made up of many individual product life cycles.
• B)The technology life cycle is represented by a V-shaped pattern.
• C)The developments in a technology life cycle must always be big innovations.
• D)The technology life cycle usually starts with a small change followed by increasingly bigger ones.
• E)Over the span of the technology life cycle, the technology gets more difficult to use.

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Definitions:

Pretest-Posttest Control

A research design that measures participants before and after an intervention, comparing to a control group not receiving the intervention.

External Validity

The degree to which the results of a study can be generalized to other situations, populations, or time periods outside of the study conditions.

Sensitizing Effects

Changes in behavior or responses due to participants becoming accustomed or sensitized to the experiment or its conditions.

Within-Subjects Designs

Experimental design in which the same participants are exposed to all conditions or treatments, allowing direct comparison of responses across conditions.