Social Change Has as Many Causes as It Has Consequences

question 117

Essay

Social change has as many causes as it has consequences. In this essay, identify and discuss several causes of social change, including cultural processes (invention, discovery, and diffusion), social conflict, ideas, and demographic patterns. Of these factors, which do you think is the most important? Why?

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Definitions:

Frame for Reference

A set of criteria or stated values in relation to which measurements or judgments can be made.

Moving

The action or process of changing place or position, often applied to the physical act of relocating from one place to another.

Table

A piece of furniture with a flat top and one or more legs, providing a level surface on which objects can be placed, or in the context of data, a structured arrangement of information organized in rows and columns.

Texture Gradients

Visual cues to depth and distance that involve changes in texture as an object extends into the distance.