CHAPTER TEST

A. True or False
On the blank, write True if the statement is correct, and False if it is incorrect.
_____1. Humans create fads and trends, and at the same time are influenced by them.
_____2. Fads are sustained behavior that turns into lifestyle, mindset, and values.
_____3. Trends and fads are crucial in the human evolutionary process.
_____4. Fads have predictable rise and fall.
_____5. Friendster is an example of a trend.
_____6. Fads fade when the perception of novelty is gone.
_____7. Globalization links people together and opens new ways of communicating
and creating new goods and services.
_____8. Fads can sustain frends.
We innovate lifestyles through trends and fads.
_____10. Teleserye is an example of a fad.

B. Critical Thinking
Answer the following briefly but deliberately.

What are the fads that circulate in your campus? Cite one politically inspired trend
that you have noticed since the installation of the new administration in 2016. How
does this fad influence you on a daily basis?

C. Reflection
Choose a megatrend and pretend that you sit as a government official mandated to
address the trends that may arise from such a megatrend. Build a position paper and
defend it in class.