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Social Change and Innovation Quiz

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What is social change?

  • Keeping cultural symbols unchanged
  • Transformation of social institutions over time (correct)
  • Avoiding any alterations in society
  • Preserving the status quo
  • Which term describes the spread of innovations from one social setting to another?

  • Isolation
  • Obstruction
  • Preservation
  • Diffusion (correct)
  • What is innovation in the context of social change?

  • Promotion of traditional ideas
  • Resistance to change
  • Creating and institutionalizing new ideas (correct)
  • Maintaining the existing status quo
  • Which source of change involves accepting new ideas or thoughts that were previously unnoticed?

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

    How does technological advancement impact society according to the text?

    <p>Alters social norms and behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to the spread of innovations from one social setting to another?

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

    Which concept involves the institutionalization of new ideas to address societal problems?

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

    What was the legal status of slavery in the USA before the 13th Amendment in 1865?

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

    What belief system focuses on accepting new ideas or thoughts that were previously unnoticed?

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

    Which term best describes the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, such as cultural symbols and value systems?

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

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