Social change

• Social Change


  This occurs when society adopts a new belief or behavior which then becomes widely accepted as the ‘norm’
• What is social change usually a result of? 

  • Social change is usually a result of minority influence
  • This is when a small group of people (the minority) manage to persuade the majority to adopt their point of view
  • This also links to independent behavior, because the minority resists pressures to conform and/or obey