Social Change and Cultural Transformation
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What is social change according to the lesson?

  • A minor transformation in the economy of a society that includes changes in the nature of economy, economic institutions, economic behavior, or economic relations.
  • A major transformation in the social order of a society that includes changes in the nature of society, social institutions, social behavior, or social relations. (correct)
  • A transformation in the political order of a society that includes changes in the nature of politics, political institutions, political behavior, or political relations.
  • A small transformation in the education of a society that includes changes in the nature of education, educational institutions, educational behavior, or educational relations.

    • Who said 'Change is the only constant in life'?

  • Plato
  • Karl Marx
  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  • Heraclitus (correct)

    • What is the concept of Heraclitus' philosophy?

  • Universal Flux and the Identity of Opposites (correct)
  • The Concept of Dialectic
  • The Concept of Economic Evolution
  • The Law of Non-Contradiction

    • What is the Hegelian Theory based on?

    <p>The philosophy that places ultimate reality in ideas rather than in things</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary means by which people choose their leaders and officials?

    <p>Election</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the cause of social change according to the Conflict Theory?

    <p>When people are not contented with the present economic system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of the clash of a thesis and antithesis according to the Hegelian Theory?

    <p>A new synthesis</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the first democratic election held in the Philippines after World War 2?

    <p>1946</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term for the process of removing an elected public official from office?

    <p>Recall</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the minimum number of registered voters required for an initiative in a barangay?

    <p>50</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the maximum number of seats a party can win in the House of Representatives?

    <p>3</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the first synchronous national and local election held under the 1987 Philippine Constitution?

    <p>1992</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a common characteristic of collective behavior?

    <p>It is relatively spontaneous and unpredictable.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a social movement?

    <p>A group of people sharing the same sentiments and aspirations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is an example of a new form of media?

    <p>Social Media Platforms</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the author of the poem 'Kung Puntod na ang Bukirin'?

    <p>Axel Pinpin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the topic discussed in the URL https://www.virtuallibrary.info/digital-citizenship.html?

    <p>Digital Citizenship</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main assumption of the Convergence Perspective in explaining collective behavior?

    <p>Crowd behavior reflects the preexisting values and beliefs of individuals.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of an Expressive social movement?

    <p>To provide information and raise awareness about an issue.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a necessary condition for collective behavior according to the Value-Added Perspective?

    <p>Lack of social control and precipitating factors.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of social movement aims to change the entire social order?

    <p>Revolution movement.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of a precipitating crisis in the Emergent Norm Perspective?

    <p>It triggers the emergence of new behavioral norms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of a Reform social movement?

    <p>To make specific aspects of the existing social structure more efficient.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What drives people to transform the society they are in?

    <p>Personal interests and purposes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the sources of social, cultural, and political change?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a pressing issue worldwide that threatens sustainability and climate?

    <p>Global warming and climate change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a feasible solution to climate change and global warming?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main responsibility of POEA?

    <p>Processing workers' contracts and pre-deployment checks</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one of the problems faced by OFWs?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of the 1995 Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995?

    <p>To protect the rights and welfare of OFWs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is citizenship according to the text?

    <p>A set of rights and responsibilities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one way of fulfilling one's responsibility as a human being?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is suffrage?

    <p>The right to vote</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Study Notes

    Social Change

    • Official Business People change or transform the society they are in to serve their own purposes
    • Causes of social change:
      • Technology
      • Social institutions
      • Population
      • Environment
    • Sources of social, cultural, and political change:
      • Communications
      • Gadgets
      • Innovations
      • Medicine
      • Family
      • Education
      • Media
      • Religion
      • Health
      • Rate of population
      • Labor force
      • Child population
      • Mortality rate
      • Natural phenomena
      • Disasters and calamities

    New Challenges to Human Adaptation and Social Change

    • Global issues:
      • Global warming
      • Transnational migration
      • UN Sustainable Development Goals (2015)
      • Critical components:
        • People (end poverty and hunger in all forms and ensure dignity and equality)
        • Prosperity (ensure prosperous and fulfilling lives in harmony with nature)
        • Peace (foster peaceful, just, and inclusive societies)
        • Partnership (implement the agenda through a solid global partnership)
        • Planet (protect our planet's natural resources and climate for future generations)

    Responses to Climate Change and Global Warming

    • Feasible solutions:
      • Mitigation by emissions reduction
      • LED adaptation
      • Building resilient systems
      • Possible future climate engineering:
        • Greenhouse gas removal
        • Solar radiation management
      • Use of renewable energy:
        • Solar power
        • Wind power

    Migration and Human Rights

    • POEA (Philippine Overseas Employment Administration) responsible for:
      • Processing workers' contracts and pre-deployment checks
      • Licensing, regulating, and monitoring private recruitment agencies
    • OWWA (Overseas Workers Welfare Administration) provides:
      • Support and assistance to migrants and their families
    • Problems of OFWs (Overseas Filipino Workers):
      • Excessive placement fees
      • Tedious process of securing travel documents and requirements
      • Unpaid or delayed wages
      • Abusive employers
      • Exposure to violence and sexual harassment
      • Confiscation of passports by employers
      • Involvement in syndicate operations
      • Professional extortionists
    • Laws protecting OFWs:
      • 1995 Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipino Act of 1995 (RA No. 8042)
      • 2003 Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act of 2003 (RA No. 9208)
      • 2003 Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (RA No. 9189)
      • 2003 Citizenship Retention and Reacquisition Act of 2003 (RA No. 9225)

    Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

    • Responding to social, political, and cultural change:
      • Inclusive citizenship
      • Participatory governance
    • Citizenship:
      • Set of rights
      • Allegiance, compliance, and cooperation to the state
    • Acts of responding:
      • Fulfilling your responsibilities as a human
      • Educating yourself
      • Being proactive in various social, cultural, and political issues
      • Reaching out to those in need through different helps
      • Respecting different members of our society
      • Sharing educational memes, news, and intellectual aids
      • Voting

    Suffrage and Inclusive Citizenship

    • Suffrage:
      • Constitutional, civil, and political right
      • "Right to vote"
      • Inclusive citizenship and participatory governance
    • Theories of social change:
      • Heraclitus: everything is constantly changing and becoming something other than what it was before
      • Hegelian theory: change happens as a new synthesis resulting from the clash of a thesis and antithesis
      • Conflict theory: society undergoes evolution when people are not contented with the present economic system
    • Scope of suffrage:
      • Election: the means by which people choose their leaders and officials
      • Plebiscite: the means by which people express their choice over a proposed law
      • Referendum: the means by which people ratify a piece of legislation passed by Congress
      • Initiative: means by which people directly propose laws for the government to enact
      • Recall: an elected public official becomes subject to a process of removal from office

    New Forms of Media and Social Networking

    • Arts and technology:
      • Paintings
      • Sculptures
      • Poems
      • Plays
      • Films
      • Social media platforms
      • Posts, commentaries, rants, reports, informative, and entertaining trendy videos

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