Shock

Shock may refer to:

Medical

Human sciences

• Shock value, in popular psychology
• Culture shock, in social psychology
• Future shock, 1970 book written by the sociologist and futurist Alvin Toffler

Medicine

• Shock (circulatory), circulatory medical emergency
• Acute stress reaction, often termed "shock" by laypersons, a psychological condition in response to terrifying events
• Cold shock response, physiological response of organisms to sudden cold, especially cold water.
• Shell shock, or combat stress reaction
• Spinal shock, loss of sensation and movement functions following a spinal cord injury

Physical sciences

• Bow shock, in planetary science
• Electric shock
• Shock (mechanics)
  • Shock absorber
  • Shock mount
  • Shock wave, one example being a sonic boom
    • Oblique shock
• Static shock

People

• Sir Maurice Shock (born 1936), British educator
• Stefie Shock (born 1969), Canadian musician
• Shock (born 1972), American fighter a.k.a. Harry Del Rios

Arts and entertainment

Books

• Shock (novel), a 2001 novel by Robin Cook
• System Shock (Doctor Who), a Doctor Who novel
• The Shock Doctrine, a book by Naomi Klein

Film

• Shock (1946 film), starring Vincent Price
• Shock (1977 film), a 1977 Italian film
• Shock (2004 film), a 2004 Tamil film starring Prashanth Thyagarajan
• Shock (2006 film), a 2006 Telugu film
• The Shock (1923 film), a 1923 silent film

Games

• Shock: Social Science Fiction, an independent role-playing game by Joshua A.C. Newman
• System Shock, a computer/video game

Music

• "Shock" (Beast song), a song by south Korean boy band Beast
• "Shock!" (C-ute song), a song by the Japanese band C-ute
• "Shock", a song by The Psychedelic Furs from Midnight to Midnight
• Shock (album) a 1985 album by The Motels
• Shock (troupe), a rock/mime/burlesque/music troupe
• Shock Records, an Australian record label
• SHOCK Entertainment, a Miami-based concert promotion and event marketing firm

Other uses

• Shock (economics), an unexpected or unpredictable event that affects an economy
• Shock site, a website that is intended to be offensive or shocking to most viewers
• Shock tactics, a close quarter battle tactic, usually done by specially trained shock troops
• Shock, a unit of measurement of cut timber
• Shock troops, troops trained for shock tactics, usually heavy cavalry or infantry
• The Tulsa Shock, a WNBA professional women's basketball team
  • The Detroit Shock, its previous incarnation before moving to Tulsa

See also

• Schock
• Shocked
• Shocking, an Australian racehorse
• Schacht
• All pages beginning with "Shock"
• All pages with titles containing "Shock"
• Shack
• Shake (disambiguation)