The constructivists gain acceptance by misrepresenting technological determinism: technological determinists are supposed to believe, for example, that machinery imposes appropriate forms of order on society. The alternative to constructivism, in other words, is to view technology as existing outside society, capable of directly infl uencing skills and work organization.
原题121. Which of the following statements about the modernization of the telephone exchange is supported by information in the passage? (A) The new technology reduced the role of managers in labor negotiations. (B) The modernization was implemented without the consent of the employees directly affected by it. (C) The modernization had an impact that went signifi cantly beyond maintenance routines. (D) Some of the maintenance workers felt victimized by the new technology. (E) The modernization gave credence to the view of advocates of social constructivism.