Social Change Flashcards
Define Social change
- refers to change in attitudes, behaviours or laws on a large scale
- historical example is suffragette movement 1920’s
Show the process of Social Change
- minority influence
- c c f
- majority
- internalisation
- snow ball effect
- social crypto amnesia
- social change
What is social crypto amnesia?
when majority remembers idea but doesn’t remember where it started from
When does social change occur
when there is a change in societies attitude behaviours and laws
Give an evaluation point for social change
P - to evaluate some critics may argue that social change thru minority influence may be limited as it doesn’t occur quickly
E - tendency for human beings to conform to the majority position
L - minority creates a potential for social change
2) Give another evaluation point for social change
P - ‘deviant’ in the eyes of majority
E - majority may not want to change their views to be in line as they may be seen as ‘deviant’ themselves
E - message from minority may be forgotten
L - Thus limiting minority influence as a social influence process in social change
eg environmentalists
