change. There are different causes to change including accidents or the unexpected

outcome of events that are already in existence. Sometimes it is also the attempt to solve

a perceived problem. Change can also be forced upon a group through intense contact

between two societies. Adaption and progress are both consequences and not causes of

The ultimate source of all change is innovation. This is any new practice, tool, or

principle that gains widespread acceptance within a group. A primary innovation is a

change that involve the chance discovery of a new principle. A secondary innovation

results from the deliberate application of known principles. A great example

are ever to be ended, we must gain a better understanding of them then currently exists.

mistakes we are bound to repeat them.

that negative things such as genocide don't take place again. If we don't learn from our

without replacement. People think of change as an accumulation of innovations: adding

deliberately and in the name of "progress." This is nothing new in history. The most

people change on purpose most change is accidental. There are different mechanisms of

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Cultural loss has to do with the abandonment of some trait or practice with or

Diffusion is known as the borrowing of cultural elements from one society by

Acculturation is the occurrence of two groups of different cultu

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