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The Dynamics of Cultural Change: Influences and Resistance

This chapter delves into the multifaceted sources of social change and cultural adaptation. It explores how the number of cultural traits in a society can accelerate change, illustrated through examples like the automobile's impact. Key sources include new values, technology, population changes, and cultural diffusion. Additionally, it examines resistance mechanisms such as ethnocentrism and cultural lag, highlighting the complexities of cultural conformity and adaptation in the face of evolving ideologies and social movements.

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The Dynamics of Cultural Change: Influences and Resistance

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  1. Chapter 3: Cultural Conformity and adaptation

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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.

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