When John began helping his favorite uncle Burton with his finances, he discovered his uncle was still renting a rotary-dial telephone from the phone company. Uncle Burton had paid thousands of dollars in rental fees over the previous 40 years. Uncle Burton is a(n) __________ in the diffusion of innovation process for telephones.

When John began helping his favorite uncle Burton with his finances, he discovered his uncle was still renting a rotary-dial telephone from the phone company. Uncle Burton had paid thousands of dollars in rental fees over the previous 40 years. Uncle Burton is a(n) __________ in the diffusion of innovation process for telephones. 



A. innovator

B. laggard

C. late majority

D. early majority

E. early adopter


Answer: B. laggard


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