2. What is “Walden Two” as described in the book? (2)

3. Describe the relation between  cooperative housing and avoiding the common duplication of goods, spaces, appliances, etc. (3)

4. Why are separate children’s quarters preferred? (3-not addressed directly here.

Think about it.)

5. What is the “experimental attitude”? (And

, why is it important?) (4–key question!)

7. What are the benefits of staggered work schedules in this community? (7)

8. How are the various issues surrounding work approached? For example: job selection, worker alienation, the labor credit system (how it works and the reasons for its use), productivity (how, for example, 4 hours can be as good as 8 hours), etc. (8)

9. What are the basic forms, and functions, of the various branches of the community’s government, and what are people’s motivations for serving. (8)

10. How is the traditional problem of brain versus brawn handled? (8)

11. Relate and comment on the preferen

ce for avoiding any unnecessary consumption of goods. (8)

12. Describe visitors’ privileges and responsibilities. (8)

13. Also, what is the author’s relationship to the Burris and Frazier characters, and what is Walden Two’s purpose for using behavior engineering? (8)

15. Why would it be good to build your own room? (10)

16. Elaborate the benefits of less labor time leading to more leisure time (and even how this distinction itself can fade) where the result is an increase in the variety of activities available (or discoverable) for expressing personal abilities and creativity in the arts and sciences. (11)

17. Describe the Walden Two community’s approach to the various aspects of child rearing (e.g., child care, aircribs, nursery temperature, and self–control). In particular, relate the benefits of multiple parents (benefits for the adults as well as for the children) as well as the benefits of careful and gradual ethical and emotional training by planned design rather than by deferring to the vagaries of accident (i.e., coincidence). Also, explain in more general terms the importance/ value of design over accident (i.e., coincidence). (12)

19. What is behavior engineering and why is it important? (14)

20. In more detail now, what are the DISadvantages of accident (i.e., coincidence) and the Advantages of design? (14)

21. Describe “lollipop training.” How does it work? Why is it done? (14)

22. What is the Walden Two community’s solution to the problem of childhood disruptions (e.g., from home to school)? (15)

in security (17 & 18).

24. Describe the steps that the Walden Two community takes to avoid the problems that contributed to the failure of earlier communities. (19)

25. Also, why do entertainment notices generate such excitement?

27. In Walden Two style, explain each of these topics or issues: (a) The use and mis

–use of force (20); (b) The “Walden Code”(20); (c) Competition vs. cooperation (20); (d) “Bad behavior” and its treatment (20); (e) Joining the community (21); (f) The “Ghosts in the machine” (22); And (g) the medical facility tour (22).