Module 11

• Innovation


  The social creation and institutionalization of new ideas, products, processes, or structures
• Innovation


  • Technological Advancement
• Diffusion


  The spread of innovations from one (1) social setting to another
• Diffusion


  • Visibility of K-POP culture in the Philippines
• Assimilation


  The process where some of the "majority community's" (dominant community) cultural aspects are absorbed in such a manner that the home cultural aspects get mitigated or lost
• Assimilation


  • English-only policies in some schools
• Acculturation


  A process where the cultural aspects of the "majority community" are adapted without losing the traditions and customs of the "minority community"
• Acculturation


  • The use of ethnomedicine despite the spread of western biomedicine
• Acculturation and assimilation differ in subtle ways, but both describe cross cultural effects on both minorities as well as majorities in societies that are multi-ethnic and multi-cultural in nature
• Social Contradictions and Tensions


  May include inter-ethnic conflicts, class struggle, armed conflict, terrorism, protests, gender issues, etc.
• Social Contradictions and Tensions


  may include inter-ethnic conflicts, class struggle, armed conflict,

  may include inter-ethnic conflicts, class struggle, armed conflict, terrorism, protests, gender issues, etc.
• Development - an important indicator of the quality of life of a people in a particular society
• Evolutionary Theory


  It implies that societies evolved from the simple and primitive to the more complex and advanced form
• Conflict Theory


  It suggests that societies progress as oppressed groups struggle to improve their lives
• Cyclical Theory


  It suggests that every society is born, matures, decays, and eventually dies
• Structural Functionalism Theory


  It believes that society is a balanced system of institution
• Weigh the advantages and disadvantages of the changes in society - Think first before doing something or going with the flow of changes in the society
• Adapt instead of resist - Cope with the changes happening in the society to survive
• Stand firm with your principles - If you think some changes in the society does not fit your ideals in life, hold on with your principles. It doesn't mean resisting, it only means you are choosing what's best for you