Exam 14: Technology and the Environment

Peter Faulkner is an engineer who "blew the whistle" on his company for selling nuclear power systems with design flaws that posed grave threats to the public and the environment.For his actions,he was __________.

Some technological changes have revolutionary significance in that they alter the basic institutions of society.The best example is the __________.

Despite much controversy,the Obama Administration used federal bailout funds to _______.

What did William Ogburn mean by the term "culture lag"? Provide some specific examples of culture lag in American society today.

Humans produce heat and noise and transform the environment through such actions as drilling,damming,mining,etc.This produces __________.

One of the concepts basic to understanding environmental stress emphasizes that everything is related to,and depends upon,everything else.This is captured by the phrase __________.

Appropriate technologists advocate major changes in ___________.

How would appropriate technology policy advocates and technology assessment policy advocates adjust our policies toward technology and social change?

The authors of the Human Development Report conclude that the global gap between haves and have-nots,between know and know-nots is __________.

The classic study by Cottrell describes the demise,during the 1940s,of a small southwestern town he called "Caliente." The main reason the town "died" was that __________.