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Chapter 3: Cultural Conformity and adaptation. Section 3: Social Change. The more culture traits a society has, the faster the culture will change. This can have very far reaching effects. Example: The car. Sources of Social Change. New values and beliefs Ideologies
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Section 3: Social Change • The more culture traits a society has, the faster the culture will change. • This can have very far reaching effects. • Example: The car
Sources of Social Change • New values and beliefs • Ideologies • Set of beliefs which justifies a group’s actions • Can be spread through social movements • Social Movements • Long-term effort to promote/prevent social change
More sources of social change • Technology • Discovery • New uses for what is there • Invention • “look what I made!” • Can be material or nonmaterial • Population • Size, mobility and age structure all make changes
Yet more sources Cultural Diffusion Spread of culture traits from one culture to another Reformulation – occurs when a culture “borrows” culture traits Physical Environment What nature has in store for you. Wars/Conquests Assimilation The process of becoming part of another culture
Resistance to social change • How/why do people/cultures resist change? • Ethnocentrism • Cultural lag • When one part of a culture lags behind others. • Vested interests • When someone wants to maintain the status quo.