1. Agents of Social Change
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Sociology

2. Learning Target: At the end of this unit
You will understand the ways that social change can take place.
You will understand the reason that resistance to change takes place.
Learning Goals: At the end of this unit
You will be able to

3. Six Sources of Social Change
Values & Beliefs
Technology
Population
Diffusion
Physical Environment
Wars & Conquests

4. Values & Beliefs Ideologies pushed by social movements
What are social movements???
Usually involve large numbers of people…

7. TECHNOLOGY

10. POPULATION

12. Social Change - Population
What would happen if thousands of people move into the United States?
It’s happening right now……..

13. DIFFUSION
Spreading culture traits from one society to another……

14. Diffusion is two way: Other countries to the United States?
United States to other countries?
Movies, cars, farm machinery, soft drinks

16. Diffusion
Reformulation – process of adapting borrowed cultural traits……
Sesame Street Workshop
Puffing Pig & Little Plum

17. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

18. Physical Environment Introduction of New Food / Scarcity of Climate
1970s – gas shortage?

21. WARS & CONQUESTS

22. Wars & Conquests Loss of lives Destruction of property
Changes in Economy

24. Cultural Lag – FARMING ex. Vested Interests
RESISTANCE TO CHANGE
Ethnocentrism
Cultural Lag – FARMING ex.
Vested Interests

25. Group Assignment:
Social Change categories