UCSP: Social Change

Question 1

“No man steps in the same river twice; it is not the same river and not the same man”

Answer 1

Heraclitus

Question 2

Why is it hard to have a social change

Answer 2

• it results to conflict
• status quo benefits those who don’t want to change
• they don’t think the issue affects them

Question 3

process that teaches norms and values

Answer 3

socialization

Question 4

transformation of culture, behavior, social institutions, and social structure over time, change in every social aspect

Answer 4

Social Change

Question 5

Sources of change

Answer 5

1. Innovation
2. Acculturation
3. Assimilation
4. Diffusion
5. Social Contradiction and Tension

Question 6

independent invention to creatively find solutions to problems

Answer 6

innovation

Question 7

2 types of innovation

Answer 7

1. Primary Innovation (new)
2. Secondary Innovation (develops existing)

Question 8

process by which products, people, ideas, language, and information spread from one society to another

Answer 8

Diffusion

Question 9

happens when an aspect of culture disappears and is replaced by another

Answer 9

Assimilation

Question 10

process wherein the original culture does not disappear but it is mixed with the new culture that was diffused with it

Answer 10

Acculturation

Question 11

societal changes don’t always start and ascend smoothly and peacefully; revolutions are sometimes waged to create a just society; there are also instances that changes in social and political landscape lead to the deterioration- even-destruction of communities

Answer 11

Social Contradiction and tension

Question 12

What are the social tensions?

Answer 12

1. Class struggle
2. Inter-Ethnic Conflicts
3. Armed Conflicts
4. Terrorism
5. Protests
6. Gender-Equality

Question 13

should be understood as the changes that come about in the society, in relation to human relationships and social institutions

Answer 13

social change

Question 14

refers to changes that come about in both the material and non material cultural elements

Answer 14

cultural change

Question 15

2 elements of cultural change

Answer 15

1. material - tangible
2. non-material - intangible

Question 16

• transformation in society
• changes in social institutions

Answer 16

social change

Question 17

functioning of a single institution is disrupted, it not only affects internal performance of the institution but also affects other social institutions

Answer 17

Marx’s modes of production as cause of social change

Question 18

changes in both material and non material elements
- ideological transformation takes place
- impact of technology, ideology, new practices, and lifestyles can lead to this

Answer 18

cultural change

Question 19

social construct that assists a society to continue

Answer 19

culture

Question 20

past productions, food, and resources affect social change

Answer 20

historical materialism

Question 21

modes of production is divided into

Answer 21

forces of production
relations of production

Question 22

the technical, scientific, and material parts of the economy. includes the materials, resources, factories, technology in production

Answer 22

forces of production

Question 23

how people are organized in production or labor

Answer 23

relations of production

Question 24

the problem of crises of overproduction is cause by

Answer 24

the forces of production running up the limit of relations of production

Question 25

dominant set of ideas/hegemonic culture

Answer 25

hegemony

Question 26

excessive exploitation of labor in society causes

Answer 26

social change

Question 27

understood when observing the lifestyles of people

Answer 27

cultural change

Question 28

globalization leads to having ______

Answer 28

homogenization

Question 29

happens when the rulers of a country lose power or when the type of governance in the country changes

Answer 29

political change

Question 30

_______ is the kind of system/ideology uses to express authority in a country, it may be a democracy monarchy oligarchy and others

Answer 30

governance

Question 31

the core principles and ideals upon which an entire community exists

Answer 31

cultural values

Question 32

how to cause social change according to deana rohlinger

Answer 32

• have social movement
• have politicians/elite to think that the issue is important
• public support
• event that gets people’s attention

Question 33

social change arises from

Answer 33

conflict

Question 34

looks at the change over time-material reality

Answer 34

historical materialism

Question 35

economy is foundation of society

Answer 35

superstructure

Question 36

Marx saw historical development in terms of

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• modes of production(marx saw this as stages of history) and
• economic classes

Question 37

the materials you need to use in order to labor and produce goods

Answer 37

Means of Production

Question 38

if proletariat lack access to the means of production, the only thing they can sell is

Answer 38

their labor

Question 39

difference between value of wage and value of whats produced

Answer 39

surplus–>profit

Question 40

struggling classes may be aligned with either

Answer 40

• forces of productions
• relations of production

Question 41

Antonio gramsci theory

Answer 41

Theory of Hegenomy

Question 42

he argued that the ruling class stays in power through hegemonic culture, a dominant set of ideas that are all-pervasive and taken for granted in a society

Answer 42

Antonio Gramsci; Theory of Hegenomy

Question 43

the basic idea of looking at power dynamics and analyzing the ways in which struggles over power drive societal change,as all kinds of groups, not just workers and owners, fight for control over resources.

Answer 43

Conflict Theory