1. Ch.3 Sect.3:Social Change (p.54)

2. Sources of Social Change
Pace of change is related to…
Automobile example
There are 6 factors that stimulate change
Change in one aspect of society…
Ideology—
Social movement—
Large numbers of people
Examples include…
Civil Rights
African Americans are powerful group of voters
Sources of Social Change

3. Prohibition Movement

5. Technology & Population
Two ways new tech arise, discovery and invention
Discovery occurs…
Invention occurs…
Material and nonmaterial
Arrival of new groups influences American culture
Population increases/decreases affect the economy
Increasing demand for goods…
Declining population…
Increase in population…
Age of population

14. Diffusion Diffusion— More contact a society has with other societies…
Societies adopt material culture and tech more…
Societies adapt the culture traits they borrow to suit their own needs
Reformulation—
Two way process…

15. The Physical Environment/Wars
Natural disasters can produce social/cultural change
People take precautions for the future
New construction methods
Change in supply of natural resources
Wars bring about greatest change…
What does war bring?
Can promote…

16. Resistance to Change Does everyone like change?
People tend to believe that their own ideas…
“Buy American”
Cultural Lag—
Technological change results in cultural lag
Traditional school year
Computers and internet
Present is better than future?
New technology
Industries and vested interests
Resistance to Change