1. Social Change Ch 3 Sec 3

2. Sources of Social Change  All cultures change over time.  Values and beliefs:  Social Movements-long term efforts to promote or prevent social change. Usually involves a large number of people.

3. technology  Using knowledge and tools to manipulate the environment, done in 2 ways:  1. Discovery: New uses for existing elements in the world.  2. Invention: use existing knowledge to create something that did not previously exist. Material: Non Material :

4. population  Change in the size of population can bring about social change.  New people= new cultural traits and values. (food)  Economies  Movement (retirees moving south)

5. diffusion  People often borrow ideas, beliefs, and material objects from other societies.  The process of spreading culture traits from one society to another is diffusion.  The more contact a society has with other societies, the more traits it will borrow.  Takes place constantly. Material more than non- material.  Two-way process.

6. The physical environment  New foods or scarcity of foods  Natural disasters: can change whole communities.

7. Wars and conquests  Bring about the greatest change in the least amount of time.  Wars can also promote advances in technology and medicine that can have civilian applications.

8. RESISTANCE TO CHANGE  ETHNOCENTRISM: people believe their own ways are best. (“Buy American”)  CULTURAL LAG: some traits change fast, other take time. Material faster than non-material. (school year)  VESTED INTERESTS: A person who is satisfied with the way things are now is likely to resist change.