Technology is
a. what sociologists call a subculture.
b. what sociologists sometimes refer to as the combination of objects and rules.
c. the shared beliefs about what is good or bad.
d. the simplest level of culture.

Technology is what sociologists sometimes refer to as the combination of objects and rules. 

The correct answer is B. 

None of the other answers would apply in this case, people who like technology - techies for example, could be also considered to be a subculture, but not technology itself. 

I'm thinking it's the egg beater.

The generation we're in influences the idea greatly