Self-study
Sociologist: The more technologically advanced a society is, the more marked its members' resistance to technological innovations. ████ ██ ███ ███████████ ███████ ███ ████ ███████████████ ████████ █ ███████ ███ ███ ████ █████ ███ ███████ ███ ██ ████████████ ██████████ █████████████ ██████ ███████ ████ █████████████ ████████████ ██████ ██████ ███ ███████ ██ █████ ██████████
Summarize Argument
A sociologist contends that it is not surprising that the more technologically advanced a society is, the more resistant it becomes to further innovations. This resistance is because people in advanced societies are more aware of the drawbacks of technology, particularly how it affects the quality of human relationships.
Identify Argument Part
This is an explanation (premise) that supports the sociologist’s main conclusion that his findings are unsurprising.
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This is not a conclusion. It is an explanation that supports the conclusion about why the sociologist’s findings are unsurprising. Technology affecting the quality of human relations also supports the main conclusion, but not this part of the argument.
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This statement explains why resistance to technological innovations is unsurprising in advanced societies. The author argues that members of these societies are more aware of the drawbacks of technology, which leads to resistance. This awareness is the reason for resistance.
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The sociologist never claims that human relations in technologically advanced societies is “extremely poor.” The argument only says that technology affects the quality of human relationships.
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The argument does not discuss how people “adjust” to innovations. It is focused on people's awareness of technological drawbacks and the resistance that results from this increasing awareness.
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This answer choice has the content of the argument somewhat jumbled. Furthermore, this statement is not an example, it is an explanation of why a phenomenon exists.