1. The phrase “characteristic evaluative orientation and / or response tendency toward something” might be part of the description of which of the terms below? 

1) value judgment         2) attitude      3) technology assessment        4) bridge value         5) cognitive dissonance 

2.  Critics of modern technology typically level all of the following charges except which?   

1) labor saving advances have promoted sedentary, unhealthy lifestyles   

2) social media have promoted virtual over real face to face human interactions        

3) that its consumer products typically don't work as they're supposed to   

4)  it is out of control and threatens our planet's health       

5) it too often puts people in "playing God" type situations

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3.  With respect to conflict resolution, ___________can provide an interruption , cooling off , and reset. It can help break up rigid approaches allowing for spontaneity and fostering creativity. It can help people lower defenses and let go of inhibitions.   

1) a reason-based emotional appeal                2) humor                 3) art

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4.   Which of the following descriptions is most notably linked to how the opposing sides in an intractable conflict feel about each other?

1) apathetic towards          2) suspicious of                  3) tense

4) understand their position, but disagree with it        5) threatened by

5. Bridge values involve ____________________. 

1) broadening the scope of an issue         2) dividing people who might unite

3) finding a way to a technological fix      4) finding common ground

5)  identifying the worldview themes in conflict

6.  Someone for whom The Attitudinal Fix  theme is a key component of their overall worldview  might conceivably believe in all of the following except which?

1) in what education can do                                  2) in the power of diplomacy

3) in using existing social infrastructure and institutions        4) in ethnocentrism

5) in helping others to be good empathic listeners  

7.  All of the following pairs logically belong together except which one? 

1)  technology / what humans do to control nature                    2) energy / the ability to do work 

3) engineering design / begins with scientific principles             4) technology assessment / identifying tradeoffs 

5) technology / fundamentally helps us experience nature as it really is 

8.   Which of the following associations is inappropriate or wrong?    

1) microscope / example of technology extending human eyes capability   

2) typical solar photovoltaic collector efficiency / 50%                

3) moving copper wire through magnetic field / produces electromotive force 

4) energy / can't be created or destroyed only transformed                               

5) analytical chemical detection instruments / extending human nose capability 

9. All of the following ways of generating electricity depend on energy transformations making mechanical energy to  move conductors (like copper wire) through a magnetic field except which? 

1) coal-fired power plants          2) hydroelectricity                                 3) solar photovoltaic collectors         

4) nuclear power plants            5) none of the above --they all depend on this 

10.  Which of the following would someone whose behavior models the Technological Fix  theme might conceivably make use of much more than someone who prefers the Attitudinal Fix  theme except which? 

1) emotional intelligence             2) reverse engineering                   3) engineering design    

4) extensions of the human senses                   5) artificial intelligence 

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