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A.
cleaner, etc.
Non-material: crop rotation, credit practice,
alphabet and the system of writing, etc.
Note: An invention is also a special kind of discovery;
hence, no sharp line can be drawn between the two.
B. Diffusion
Spread of cultural traits from one social
group to another
Not all elements found in the culture
of a
given group were invented or developed
within that group. In most cases, the
greater part of the content of any culture
has been borrowed/assimilated from
other cultures.
and emotions
Every ideology has its system of values, and a
proposition to organize society according to a
somewhat different pattern.
Something difficult if not totally impossible to
achieve.
Fascism, socialism, communism, democracy
B. Diffusion
1. Direct contact
2. Intermediate contact
3. Stimulus diffusion
C. Acculturation
D. Revolution
1. Loss of prestige of established authority
2. Threat to recent economic improvement
3. Indecisiveness of government
4. Loss of support of the intellectual class
A. Commercialization
1. Migratory labor
2. Non-agricultural commercial production
3. Supplementary cash crops
4. Introduction of commercial & industrial
agriculture
B. Religious Change
eg. Christianity in Tikopia