Societal Resistance to Change and Cultural Lag

Cultural lag refers to the rapid adoption of new technologies in society.

Diffusion of culture only occurs when people move to new areas and take their culture with them.

Acculturation is the process by which a culture retains all its original characteristics while borrowing some elements from another dominant culture.

Assimilation always leads to the reduction or loss of original cultural identity.

Spatial Diffusion always proves that cultural similarities exist between regions.

Innovation never creates tensions between reality and established socioeconomic conditions in societies.

Culture adaptation is the process of a culture characteristic developing independently in two closely connected cultures.

Diffusion is a less common process of patterns and traits transferring between different cultures.

Fission is a historical process where a long-established society combines into one independent unit.

Convergence is the merging of two or more cultures into a new one that is different from its predecessors.

Imitation is one of the principal ways in the process of cultural adaptation.

Language plays no role in reflecting culture in people according to the text.

Cultural standards are universal and the same across all cultures.

Culture shock occurs when individuals from different cultures have the exact same values and norms.

According to William Ogburn, cultural dualism is the key characteristic of Filipino culture.

Subcultures are groups of people who completely reject their society's norms, values, and beliefs.

Cultural lag refers to a society's immediate ability to adopt new cultural elements at a rapid pace.

People tend to believe that their way of life is always the 'right' way due to a lack of exposure to other cultures.