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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 the accelerative thrust of society require, in Toffler's account?

2. What does Toffler say is the consequence of too much change?

3. What happens when a group's experience is above the adaptive range?

4. How does Toffler characterize society's relation with conduct, manners, and language?

5. What does Toffler say continual change causes?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Toffler say the future will bring for individuals?

3. How does Toffler say super-industrialism has affected education?

4. What did Holmes and Rahe find in their study?

5. What is entailed in changing a lifestyle?

6. What will the consequence be if new technologies are not controlled?

7. What does a subcult give a person?

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

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

10. Why can't the system police itself with regard to new technologies?

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

When is the starting date for super-industrial culture? What event marks its inception? Where did it start and under what conditions? Where is it still emerging? Where are people fighting its emergence? What methods have they used to fight it?

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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