UCSP Week 2

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PICTURIN
G OUT!
Directions:
Briefly describe the
changes that have taken
place based on the
pictures.
Why do we need to study
social, cultural and
political change?
ACTIVITY
1
Direction: Describe yourself
during your elementary, Junior
High School and now in Senior
High School. Do it on your
notebook.
Are they
similar?
Why/Why not?
What made
them different?
Social and
Cultural
Changes
Social change is the transformation
of social institutions over time.
Cultural change, on the other
hand, is the transformation of
culture or the way people live.
Can you give me an
example of social
and cultural change?
Political change happens when the rulers
of a country lose power or when the type
of governance in the country changes.
Governance is the kind of system or
ideology used to express authority in a
country. It may be a democracy, monarchy,
oligarchy, and others.
Differences
Between Social
and Cultural
Changes
There is a great confusion about social and cultural
change. Some early textbook writers have made
distinction between social change and cultural
change, while others have considered these two terms
as one and the same thing. Such writers have used
these two terms synonymously. For the writers like
Gillin and Gillin (1954) and Dawson and Gettys
(1948) there is no difference between social and
cultural change.
According to Dawson and Gettys, “cultural change
is social change, since all culture is social in its
origin, meaning and usage”.
Similarly, Gillin and Gillin wrote: “Social changes
as variations from the accepted modes of life,
whether due to alterations in geographic conditions,
in cultural equipment, composition of population, or
ideologies.” For these writers, social change is a part
of cultural change
Cultural change is broader than social
change which envelops social change also
in its fold. For them, society is the product
of culture. “Culture tends to give direction
and momentum to social change and to set
limits beyond which social change may
not go” (Dawson and Gettys, 1048).
Really speaking, both types of changes have as much
difference as it exists between society and culture.
Sociologists use these terms (society and culture) to
convey different meaning and sense. Clarifying the
difference MacIver and Page (1959) writes: “Social
change is a distinct thing from cultural or civilization
change…. cultural change includes change in ideology,
administrative system, technology etc.” Cultural change
indicates changes in the accepted mode of life, habit
patterns, and the life-style.
These changes may include such things as the invention
of the automobile, TV, changing concepts of property
and morality, new forms of music, art, or dance or the
trends of sex equality. For Davis (1949), “social change
is only a part of a broader category of change called
‘cultural change’ cultural change refers to all changes
occurring in any branch of culture including art, science,
technology, philosophy etc., as well as changes in the
forms and rules of social organizations”.
It may be said that social change refers
specifically to alterations in social
relationships among people in groups,
whereas cultural change refers to
change in material and non-material
cultural elements both.
Mechanisms
of Change
1. Diffusion - is the process through
which the cultural traits of one society
are borrowed, transmitted, and adopted
by another and considered as its own.
Examples: • Migration •Globalization
2. Invention - is the process where
new cultural elements are created to
solve social and cultural problems.
Example: Internet
3. Discovery - is the process where
people recognize or gain a better
understanding of already existing
elements present in the environment.
Example: Scientific research
What is the
significance of these
mechanisms of
change?
ACTIVITY
2
Directions:
Identify what mechanism of
change is involved in the
following:
1. Globalization
2. Internet
3. Research
4. Mobile phones
5. Social media
KEY TO CORRECTION
1. Diffusion
2. Invention
3. Discovery
4. Invention
5. Invention
ACTIVITY
3
Directions:
Explain the differences of
social, cultural and political
change using 150 words. Do
this in yellow pad.
THANKS

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