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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Toffler say helps consolidate each identity?

2. What is affected when a person's life changes?

3. What is the behavioral consequence of the psychological effects of change?

4. What do "subcults" give the people who belong to them, in Toffler's account?

5. What is someone supposed to do once they choose their identity?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is super-industrialism affecting the segmentation of the population?

2. What is the role of the lifestyle in super-industrial culture?

3. How does Toffler describe the successful adaptation to change?

4. Who should investigate the effects of new technologies on society?

5. How does change affect people's health?

6. What is the danger of change in a super-industrial culture?

7. What does an individual need to do to prepare for the future and avoid future shock?

8. How will a person's choice of products be affected by super-industrialism?

9. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

10. Who does Toffler use as examples of victims of over-stimulation and future shock?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is "the tradition" Toffler refers to? Pre-industrial Europe? Medieval Europe? Pre-contact North America? Greece and Rome? When were things simpler, and when does Toffler say they changed? What brought about the change?

Essay Topic 2

How would you characterize Toffler's views in terms of our contemporary political dialogue? Which parties would Toffler be most sympathetic with, based on the ideas in Future Shock? What kind of political policies could Future Shock be used to support?

Essay Topic 3

What objections could be made to Toffler's suggestions for methods of remedying or preventing or mitigating the accelerative thrust? What would likely occur if his prescriptions were followed? What would the benefits be? What adverse effects might there be?

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