Social Change | Definitions | Characteristics of Social Change.
Summary
TLDRThis video delves into the concept of social change, highlighting its inevitability and impact on human interactions. It discusses society's dual tendencies of conservation and progress, emphasizing our innate desire for improvement. The script explores the continuous, temporal, and environmental nature of change, noting its human-driven and unplanned aspects. It also touches on the potential for social change to trigger a chain reaction, affecting various facets of life, as exemplified by shifts in women's rights and societal structures.
Takeaways
- 🌐 Social change refers to alterations in human interactions and the system of social relationships within a society.
- 🔍 The term encompasses both desirable variations in social interaction, processes, and organization.
- 🏛 Society has two tendencies: conservative, which seeks to preserve social heritage, and progressive, which aims for change and improvement.
- 👨👩👧👦 Human nature includes an innate desire for new knowledge and experiences, leading to dissatisfaction with the status quo and driving social change.
- ⏳ Social change is continuous and temporal, indicating a sequence over time, and society is in a state of perpetual flux.
- 🌱 Innovation and the discarding of old behaviors are part of the natural progression of social change.
- 🌍 Social change is environmental, influenced by geographic, physical, and cultural contexts, which in turn are affected by human behavior.
- 🤔 Social change involves human aspects and is composed of changing elements within the society.
- 🛠️ Social change can be planned, influenced by human intentions and programs, or unplanned, such as changes resulting from natural disasters.
- 📈 The study of social change is objective and amoral, without value judgments attached to the phenomenon.
- 🔄 Social change can create a chain reaction, where a change in one aspect can lead to a series of changes in other aspects of society.
Q & A
What is the definition of social change according to the video?
-Social change refers to the alterations that occur in social organization, including the structure and functions of society, as well as changes in attitudes, beliefs, and man-made conditions of life.
What are the two distinct tendencies in a society as mentioned in the video?
-The two tendencies are conservative and progressive. The conservative tendency is the desire to preserve social heritage from the past, while the progressive tendency is the desire to change, modify, and improve the existing social heritage.
Why is social change considered inevitable in human society?
-Social change is inevitable because it is a natural law and an instinctive human tendency to seek new knowledge and experiences, leading to dissatisfaction with the existing state of affairs and the desire for improvement.
What does Kingsley Davis define social change as?
-Kingsley Davis defines social change as alterations that occur in social organization, focusing on the structure and functions of society.
How does MacIver and Page describe social change?
-MacIver and Page describe social change as a process responsive to various types of changes, including changes in attitudes and beliefs, as well as changes beyond human control, such as biological and physical aspects.
What are the characteristics of social change mentioned in the video?
-The characteristics of social change include its continuity, temporal nature, environmental context, human involvement, and the potential for being planned or unplanned.
Why is it said that society cannot be preserved in a museum?
-Society cannot be preserved in a museum because it is always undergoing changes and exists only as a time sequence, with continuous flux from the dawn of history.
How does the environment impact social change?
-The environment impacts social change because it provides the geographic, physical, and cultural context within which social change takes place, and these contexts influence human behavior, which in turn can alter them.
What does it mean for social change to be 'human change'?
-Social change being 'human change' signifies that it involves the human aspect, as the composition of society is not constant but changing, with people being the agents and recipients of change.
Why is social change considered an 'objective term' by sociologists?
-Social change is considered an 'objective term' because it describes a categorical process without value judgments attached to it, allowing sociologists to study change without being for or against it.
Can social change create a chain reaction? If yes, how?
-Yes, social change can create a chain reaction, where a change in one aspect of life may lead to a series of changes in other aspects. An example given is the change in rights, privileges, and status of women, which has resulted in changes in family relationships and structures, as well as economic and political patterns.
Outlines
🌐 Introduction to Social Change
This paragraph introduces the concept of social change, defining it as alterations in human interactions and social relationships. It explains society's dual tendencies towards conservation and progress, with an emphasis on the inevitability of change due to human nature and societal evolution. The paragraph also references definitions by Kingsley Davis and MacIver, highlighting social change as a process responsive to various alterations in human-made conditions, attitudes, beliefs, and beyond human control factors. Key characteristics of social change, such as its continuity, temporality, environmental context, and human involvement, are outlined, emphasizing that social change is neither moral nor immoral but an objective, amoral phenomenon that can lead to chain reactions affecting various aspects of society.
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Keywords
💡Social Change
💡Conservative Tendency
💡Progressive Tendency
💡Cultural History
💡Inevitability
💡Curiosity
💡Social Progress
💡Social Organization
💡Environmental Context
💡Human Change
💡Planned and Unplanned Change
💡Chain Reaction
Highlights
Social change refers to alterations in human interactions and interrelations within society.
Society has two distinct tendencies: conservative and progressive.
Conservative tendency involves preserving the social heritage of the past.
Progressive tendency is the desire to change and improve the existing social conditions.
Social change is an inevitable aspect of human society and individual life.
Curiosity for new knowledge and experiences drives dissatisfaction with the status quo.
Social change is continuous and society is in a state of perpetual flux.
Social change is temporal, indicating a sequence over time.
Innovation and modification of behaviors are part of the social change process.
Social change is environmental, influenced by geographic, physical, and cultural contexts.
Social change involves the human aspect, with society's composition being dynamic.
Social change can be planned or unplanned, influenced by human intentions or natural events.
Unplanned change can result from natural calamities like famines, floods, or earthquakes.
Social change is an objective term without moral or immoral connotations.
Studying social change does not involve value judgments, allowing for neutral analysis.
Social change can create a chain reaction, affecting multiple aspects of life.
Changes in women's rights, privileges, and status have led to broader societal shifts.
Social change encompasses economic, political, and familial structures.
Transcripts
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in today's video we will learn what is
social change
social change
the term is social change is used to
indicate the changes that take place in
human interactions and interrelations
society is a web of relationships and
social change means a change in the
system of social relationships
thus the term social change is used to
desirable variations in social
interaction social processes and social
organization
a society generally has two distinct
tendencies
they are conservative and progressive
people in society have their tendency to
conserve or preserve the social heritage
of the past
every society is proud of its own
cultural history of the past
this is what may be describing as the
conservative tendency of the society
but at the same time it has the tendency
to change modify and improve the
existing social heritage
man is never satisfied with his present
situation or existing condition
he wants to make changes and improvement
of the existing state of affairs
this change is the law of nature and it
is inevitable in the life of an
individual as well as of society
so social change and development is
inevitable in human society
it is also an instinctive tendency in
man to have the curiosity for new
knowledge and new experiences
it leads to dissatisfaction with the
existing situations that result in the
changes
so social situation undergoes changes
with the changes of time that result in
social progress
according to kingsley davis
by social change is meant only such
alterations as occur in social
organization that is
structure and functions of society
according to mac over ad page
social change refers to a process
responsive to many types of changes to
change in the man-made condition of life
to changes in the attitudes and beliefs
of men and to the changes that go beyond
the human control to the biological and
the physical nature of things
characteristics of social change
change is continuous society is always
undergoing endless changes
society cannot be preserved in a museum
to save it from the ravages of time
from the dawn of history society has
been in continuous flux
social change is temporal social change
is temporal in the sense it denotes the
time sequence
in fact society exists only as a time
sequence
innovation of new things modification
and renovation of the existing behavior
and the discarding of the old behavior
patterns take time
social change is environmental it must
take place within a geographic or
physical and cultural context
both these contexts have impact on human
behavior and in turn man changes them
a social change never takes place in
vacuum
social change is human change the
sociological significance of the change
consists in the fact that it involves
the human aspect
the composition of society is not
constant but changing
social change may be planned or
unplanned
the direction and tempo of social change
are often conditioned by human plans and
programs of man in order to determine
and control the rate and direction of
social change
unplanned change refers to change
resulting from natural calamities such
as famines floods earthquakes etc
social change is an objective term the
term social change describes one of the
categorical processes
it has no value judgments attached to it
to the sociologists social change as a
phenomenon is neither moral nor immoral
it is amoral
it means the study of social change
involves no value judgment
one can study change even within the
value system without being for against
the change
social change may create chain reaction
change in one aspect of life may lead to
a series of changes in its other aspects
for example change in rights privileges
and status of women has resulted in a
series of changes in home family
relationships and structure
the economic and to some extent
political pattern of both rural and
urban society
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