SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Noam Chomsky, Auguste Comte, Social Change
1 Aug 2016
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Soc 101 week twelve notes part 2. Social change = a set of adjustments or adaptations made by a group of people in response to a dramatic change experienced in at least one aspect of their lives. It is a constant and has occurred across time + in every culture. We are seeing rapid social change, particularly in the area of technology. Technology frees people from labour to enjoy leisure activities: critiques: Science and technology have created as many problems as they have solved (e. g. , pollution, work, stress). Different types of collective behaviour can be distinguished by how coordinated the activity is ranging from relatively unorganized activities, such as public opinion to highly structured social movements. What are the 5 major movements for social change: relative deprivation - a belief (real or imagined) that an individual or members of a group are somehow deprived relative to another group (other group = reference group, ex.
