Social Process:
With a society changing as fast as the society found inside America, sociologist found it easiest to predict changer based on three essential"social processes". These processes are the causes that result in significant social change. They are discovery, invention, and diffusion.
Discovery:
Discovery is defined as "the process by which something is learned or reinterpreted". Discovery influences change by causing people to learn new things which may change their viewpoints, or change their routine to better themselves based off of the new information found through discovery.For example, when early explorers began to explore the ocean, they discovered that the Earth wasn't flat, but rather was round. This lead to new maps being printed, as well as new waterways and trade-routes developing due to new exploration under the idea that there was no "end of the Earth" to fall off of.
IInvention:
Invention is "the creation of something new from previously existing items or processes". Invention changes society by providing it with new items and ideas which continue to evolve into easier, more efficient processes. For example, when the airplane was invented, it lead to faster transportation, and space exploration. Inventions serve as indicators as to how fast a society will change due to the fact that the ore inventions existing, then the more inventions can be developed from THOSE inventions, and so forth.
Diffusion:
Diffusion is defined as “the process by which one culture or society borrows from another culture or society”. Diffusion is widely influenced by the contact that one society has with another; the more interaction societies have, the easier their cultures will begin to bleed together. Of course, an element from one culture has to blend well with the life and activities of another before it is adopted. Diffusion has occurred within America several times, such as when the English settlers developed new planting and harvesting methods from the Native Americans; the Native American’s culture provided the settlers with a means of survival, and therefore the settlers easily adopted their culture.
With a society changing as fast as the society found inside America, sociologist found it easiest to predict changer based on three essential"social processes". These processes are the causes that result in significant social change. They are discovery, invention, and diffusion.
Discovery:
Discovery is defined as "the process by which something is learned or reinterpreted". Discovery influences change by causing people to learn new things which may change their viewpoints, or change their routine to better themselves based off of the new information found through discovery.For example, when early explorers began to explore the ocean, they discovered that the Earth wasn't flat, but rather was round. This lead to new maps being printed, as well as new waterways and trade-routes developing due to new exploration under the idea that there was no "end of the Earth" to fall off of.
IInvention:
Invention is "the creation of something new from previously existing items or processes". Invention changes society by providing it with new items and ideas which continue to evolve into easier, more efficient processes. For example, when the airplane was invented, it lead to faster transportation, and space exploration. Inventions serve as indicators as to how fast a society will change due to the fact that the ore inventions existing, then the more inventions can be developed from THOSE inventions, and so forth.
Diffusion:
Diffusion is defined as “the process by which one culture or society borrows from another culture or society”. Diffusion is widely influenced by the contact that one society has with another; the more interaction societies have, the easier their cultures will begin to bleed together. Of course, an element from one culture has to blend well with the life and activities of another before it is adopted. Diffusion has occurred within America several times, such as when the English settlers developed new planting and harvesting methods from the Native Americans; the Native American’s culture provided the settlers with a means of survival, and therefore the settlers easily adopted their culture.