HG Vocab

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What is diffusion in the context of this class?
The spreading of cultural ideas, practices, or products.
What is relocation diffusion?
It occurs when a person migrates from their home and shares their culture with a new location.
How does expansion diffusion differ from relocation diffusion?
Expansion diffusion spreads innovations to new places while staying strong in their original locations.
What is contagious diffusion?
It is an idea or innovation that spreads based on person -to- person contact within a given population with no regard for hierarchies.
What characterizes hierarchical diffusion?
It occurs when influential structures in society encourage the adoption of certain new cultures or cultural aspects.
What is stimulus diffusion?
It occurs when one people receives a cultural element from another but gives it a new and unique form.