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 Social Trends- large scale changes in our society such as an increase in immigration, decrease in fertility rates, or growth in size of elderly population  Demographers- social scientists who examine social trends by studying human populations  Provide population data and statistics  Anthropologists study the how social trends affect cultures  Sociologists explore the impact on families and social institutions  Psychologists study how social trends impact individuals

Demographic GroupBorn (approx)Characteristics Baby Boom Generation X Generation Y Millenials (Generation Z)

 Baby boom generally known to refer to the demographic group born between  Why did it occur?  Soldiers returned home after World War II  Wanted to resume lives quickly  Came home with war brides  Government policy for soldiers  Laws allowed vets return to jobs  Low cost mortgages  Loans to upgrade education  Social norms (post war period)  Marriage acceptable  Domestically oriented era  Respectability achieved through marriage and family  Sex outside marriage condemned

 Rapid growth of baby created massive social change  Suburban culture  Large demand for housing for new families  Construction boom  suburbia  Cars and road construction increased  Fast food  Shopping plazas  Drive ins  Institution Growth  Education Reform  Need for schools (high enrollment)  Progressive education

 Created a Counterculture  when young people express values and behaviours that conflict with societal norms  era between 1964 to 1972 era developed into socially conscious and rebellious group  Characterized by protest music (Vietnam), anti war demonstrations, and peace symbols

 Music focused on 1) protest and rebellion against authority 2) freer attitudes towards sex and drugs  Popular musicians were The Who, Grateful Dead, Neil Young and Jimi Hendrix

 Sexual promiscuity increased  Illegal drug use increased  Political activism increased  in addition to anti war protest, environmental issues and rights of women and aboriginal people