Rural sociology questions.

Rejecting an innovation resulting from dissatification with its performance

1. Reverse re-invention
2. Reverse confirmation
3. Discontinuance
4. Replacement discontinuance
5. Disenchantment discontinuance

The adoptation of an innovation by an individual when experts feels should have rejected is referred as

1. Active rejection
2. Passive rejection
3. Re-invention
4. Over adoption
5. Enchantment discontinuance

Localite communication channels are more

1. likely to link an individual with sources outside
2. important at the persuasion stage
3. important at the knowledge stage
4. likely to be used by innovators
5. useful

The length of time required to pass through the innovation-decision process

1. Innovativeness
2. Rate of Adoption
3. Innovation-decision period
4. Innovation categories
5. Innovators time

Innovators are characterized as being

1. Venturesome
2. Localite
3. Skeptical
4. Traditional
5. Respectable

In measuring concepts , explanation of procedures necessary for sorting units into categories is

1. Operationalization
2. Specification of Variables
3. Conceptualization
4. Manifestation of concepts
5. Clarification of concepts

“The easier it is for individuals to see the results of an innovation the more likely they are to adopt” describes which attribute of innovation ?

1. Relative advantage
2. Compatibility
3. Trialability
4. Complexity
5. Observability

The innovation decision process at which stage are Socioeconomic characteristics, personality and communication behaviour of a decision making unit are more important?

1. Knowledge
2. Persuasion
3. Decision
4. Implementation
5. Confirmation

A situation whre a client rejected an innovation at the decision stage but changed mind at the confirmation is referred to as

1. Continued Adoption
2. Later adoption
3. Dicontinuance
4. Continued rejection
5. Continued discontinuance

Developing rapport with clients is necessarily essential part of which change agent`s role?

1. Developing a need for change
2. Establishing an information exchange relationship
3. Diagnosing clients problem
4. Creating intent to change in the client
5. Translating intent into action