Diffusion And Adoption

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A decision to make full use of an innovation as the best course of action available is

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Adoption

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Adoption is a

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Continous process and a mental process

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The process by which an innovation is communicated through certain channels overtime among the members of a social system is

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Diffusion

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Diffusion includes four elements

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Innovation, channel, time, social system

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In diffusion ____ of information is necessary

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Newness

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The idea, practice or object that is perceived as new by an individual or other unit of adoption is

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Innovation

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Innovation has two components

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Object component & Idea component

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The material aspect of innovation is

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Object component

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Symbolic adoption take place in innovation with

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Idea component

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An activity through which an individual become aware of objects around oneself and of events taking place is

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Perception

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The degree to which a number of alternatives are perceived with respect to the occurence of an event and the relative probability of these alternatives is:

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Uncertainty

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The communication channel most active in diffusion process

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Mass media and interpersonal channel

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The communication channel most suited to inform the audience about the existence of an innovtion is

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Mass media

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Directly observable physical appearance and substance of an innovation

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Form of innovation

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Contribution made by an innovation to the way of life of the people is

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Function of innovation

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Subjctive and frequently unconscious perception of an innovation by members of a social system is

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Meaning of innovation

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The qualities, characteristics or traits possessed by an object is

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Attributes

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The degree to which an innovation is perceived as being better than idea it supersedes is

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Relative advantage

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Providing subsidy to the farmer for introduction of farm machinery is example of

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Relative advantage

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The degree to which an innovation is perceived as consistent with existing values, past experience and needs of potential adopters is:

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Compatibility

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Compatibility has at least 2 dimension

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Situational and cultural

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The degree to which an innovation is perceived as relatively difficult to understand and use is:

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Complexity

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The degree to which an innovation can be experimented with on a limited basis is

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Trialability

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The perceived attribute of an innovation that reduces the risk component is

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Trialibility

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The degree to which the result of an innovation is visible to other is

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Observability

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The degree of expecting certain benefits from adoption of innovation is

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Predictability

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All the perceived attributes of innovation are positively related to its rate of adoption except

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Complexity

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An idea an individual adopt at one time in order to lower the probability that some future unwanted event will occur

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Preventive innovation

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The degree to which the result of an innovation is visible to others is:

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Observability

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An idea an individual adopt at one time in order to lower the probability that some future unwanted event will occur

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Preventive innovation

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Preventive adoption have less adoption rate mainly due to

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Low observability

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The degree to which an innovation failure condition a client system to reject future innovation is

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Innovation negativism

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The scientist first to recognize adoption of innovation occurs in stages

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Ryan and gross

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The research by Rayan & Gross was on

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Hybrid corn

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First reported that adoption process involve decision

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Wilkening

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The North Central Rural Sociology Subcommittee for the study of Diffusion of Farm Practices, identified ____ stages of adoption process

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5 stages (1955)

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The Adoption process

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AIETA

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The individual learns of the existence of new ideas but lacks information about it is

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Awareness stage

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The individual develops interest in the innovation and seeks additional information about it

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Interest stage

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The extension activity that need emphasize in the interest stage of adoption

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Rapport building is needed

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The individual makes mental application of the new idea to the present and anticipated future situations and decides whether or not to try it is

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Evaluation stage

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The individual actually applies the new idea on a small scale in order to determine its utility in own situation is

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Trial stage

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The stage wherein individual make full use of an idea is

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Trial stage

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The individual uses the new ideas continuously on a full scale is

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Adoption stage

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The stages of adoption are dynamic not static, according to

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YP Singh

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The scheme of stages according to Singh

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NAIDTEA (Need, awareness, interest, deliberation, trial, evaluation, adoption)

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The scientist to add need as the first stage of adoption is

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YP Singh

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The term innovation decision process was given by

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Rogers

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Innovation decision period is actually a

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Gestation period

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Innovation decision process can shortly be called as

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KPDIC (Knowledge, Persuasion, Decision, Implementation, Confirmation)

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When an individual is exposed to an innovation's existence and gains some understanding of how it functions is

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Knowledge stage

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Types of knowledge

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Awareness stage, how to knowledge, principle knowledge

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Knowledge function is mainly

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Cognitive or knowing

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An individual is expose to question such as, what is innovation, advantage of using innovation is

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Awareness knowledge

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Information necessary to use an innovation properly is

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How to knowledge

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Information dealin with functioning principles underlying how the innovation works is

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Principles knowledge

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Individual or decision making unit forms a favourable or unfavourable attitude towards the innovation is

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Persuasion stage

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Persuasion occurs after

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Sensation

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In persuasion stage there should be

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No dissonance

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In persuasion stage there should be

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No dissonance

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An individual engage in activities that lead to a choice to adopt or reject the innovation is

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Decision stage

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An individual engage in activities that lead to a choice to adopt or reject the innovation is

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Decision stage

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An individual puts an innovation into use is

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Implementation stage

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The degree to which an innovation is changed or modified by a user in the process of adoption or implementation is

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Re-invention

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In confirmation stage

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Conflicting behaviour is avoided

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A decision not to adopt an innovation

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Rejection

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Once considering adoption of innovation then deciding not to use is

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Active process

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Never really considering the use of adoption

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Passive process

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Decision to reject an innovation after having previously adopted is

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Discontinuance

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Decision to reject an idea in order to adopt a better idea that supersedes

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Replacement discontinuance

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Rejection occur at

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Decision stage

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Discontinuance occurs at

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Confirmation stage

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The dysfunctional effect of an innovation to an individual

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Undesirable consequences

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The change from an innovation that neither intended nor recognized by members of social system

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Unanticipated consequence

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An uncomfortable stage of mind that an individual seeks to reduce or eliminate is

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Dissonance

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Choice to adopt or reject an innovation that are made by an individual, independent of the decisions of other members of the system

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Optional innivation decision

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Individual has almost complete responsibility for the decision in

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Optional innovation decision

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Choice to adopt or reject an innovation that are made by consensus among the members of a system

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Collective innovation-decision

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Individual has a say in direction

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Collective innovation

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In collection decision making who screen the idea for approving or put sanction on it is

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Legitimizers

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Choice to adopt or reject an innovation that are made by a relatively few individuals in a system who possess power, status or technical expertise

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Authority innovation decision

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Individual has no influence in innivation decision in

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Authority innovation decision

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Generally the faster rate of adoption of innovations results from

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Authority innovation decision

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The unit of decision making and unit of adoption are different in case of

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Authority decision

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The decision to adopt or reject made after the prior innovation decision is called as

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Contingent decision

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The increasing pressure from interpersonal network is

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Diffusion effect

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Mass media channel are relatively important at

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Knowledge stage

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Interpersonal channel is important at

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Persuasion stage