Ucsp module 3 q1

• Social-change is the transformation of social institutions over time having a profound effect in the society. It comes from the collective power of different communities and societies’ vision, ideologies, in concept that are being widely spread.
• Sources of Social Change 1. Discovery - is the process where people recognize or gain a better understanding of already existing elements present in the environment. Discovery is also an addition to the store of verified knowledge. It provides something new to the culture because it becomes an integral part of culture only after a discovery happens or takes place.
• Source of social change.

  2. Technological-Advancement the use of technology in our daily lives also changes our social norms of behavior
• Cultural-change, on the other hand, is the transformation of culture or the way people live. Communication is a vital human process. Through communication, people exchange information and thoughts. Nowadays, communication is made easier. Nowadays, people can share information in just a click. New media−social

  networking, text messaging, e-mail, and the like−have defied time and distance. While it makes the world seem

  borderless, this form of communication may produce individuals who lack the basic understanding of direct and

  personal connections.
• Source of cultural change. 1. Physical-Environment consists of the particular natural surroundings which you live.
• Source of cultural change.

  2. Population-Movement Refers to migration of a person or group of people to another place at the same time change their culture.
• Source of cultural change.

  3. War-and-Conquest when a state conquers another territory and population within that territory, it also influence their culture.
• Source of cultural change.

  4. Technology- application of scientific knowledge to the making of tools to solve specific problem.
• Diffusion - is the process through which the cultural traits of one society are borrowed, transmitted, and adopted by another and considered as its own. It creates changes as cultural elements spread from one society to another through trade, migration and mass communication.
• Factors of diffusion A. enculturation- takes place when one culture spreads to another through learning. Education is the best example of it.
• Factors of diffusion b. socialization- refers to learning through constant and experience to culture, which ultimately imbibes to the latter to the system of beliefs and practices of an individual or groups.
• Factors of diffusion c. association- is establishing connection with the culture thereby bridging areas of convergence and cultural symbiosis.
• Factors of diffusion

  d. integration- is the total assimilation of culture as manifested by changes of worldviews, attitudes, and perspectives of looking things.
• 2. Innovation - is the process where new cultural elements are created to solve social and cultural problems. The concept on conflict to equality and freedom to all led the way to slavery eradication. Nelson Mandel and of South Africa and Martin Luther King Jr. of USA bring changes to their society
• Acculturation- is a process of social, psychological, and cultural change that stems from the balancing of two cultures while adapting to the prevailing culture of the society. Acculturation is a process in which an individual adopts, acquires and adjusts to a new cultural environment as a result of being placed into a new culture, or when another culture is brought to you.
• 4. Transculturation- is a term coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1940 to describe the phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Transculturation encompasses more than transition from one culture to another; it does not consist merely of acquiring another culture (acculturation) or of losing or uprooting a previous culture (deculturation).
• 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.
• Type of political change

  1. Internal- change due to the youth awareness and active participation during elections, emergence of the civil society group, or power revolt of the masses to oppose a system or leader.
• Type of political change

  2. External- initiated by the other countries. It usually happens through military threats or actions but could also occur in embargoes or withholding of foreign aid.
• Texting- have a higher opening rate than any other mode of communication. Texting conveys messages faster. Texting is also a great way to get a conversation started quickly and segue into a phone call if needed. Too much texting may lead to a deficiency in interpersonal development, or one's ability to form relationships and communicate effectively.
• Transnational-Families are families who live apart but who create and retain a ‘sense of collective welfare and unity, in short “familyhood,” even across national borders’ (Bryceson and Vuorela 2002).
• Local-Public-Services is a service intended to serve all members of a community. Public services include services provided by a government to people living within its jurisdiction, either directly through public sector agencies or by financing provision of services by private businesses or voluntary organizations (or even by family households,

  though terminology may differ depending on context).
• Youth-Volunteerism enhances the sense of solidarity, harmony, trust, hope expectation, anticipation and optimism. Volunteerism rises above the regional, linguistic, cultural and racial limitations. When someone volunteers for a cause he or she is not serving the world individually but so many other silent energies, support

  and prayers are also with them.