Social Change Final

Front 1

What are the three elements that change can be conceptualized as ?

Back 1

1) The change itself
2) The change agent who seeks to promote change
3)The target population

Front 2

What are the numerous dimensions of the environment that the change agent and their followers need to be aware of?

Back 2

1) The relationship between the change leaders and constituents in the change organization
2) The relationship between the change agent and communication media
3) The relationship between the reference public and establishment leaders
4) The flow of symbolic and material rewards that establishment leaders control

Front 3

When should Facilitative Strategies should be used when the target group or reference public?

Back 3

1)When the reference public recognizes a problem and the need for change
2) When the reference public is open to external assistance
3) When the reference public is willing to engage in self-help

Front 4

When do Facilitative strategies work best?

Back 4

1) Facilitative strategies works best when there is multiplicity of broad goals for ex community improvement
2)When change requires the active participation of a diversity of people

Front 5

When are Facilitative strategies the most inappropriate?

Back 5

1) When Facilitative strategies are be significant to resistance to change among the reference public
2) When Facilitative groups change its contrary to the values and interest of powerful segments of the reference public
3) When the change must occur quickly

Front 6

What is a re-educative strategy?

Back 6

A re-educative strategy is an unbiased presentation of facts intended to provide a rational justification for action. They assume that human begins are rational beings capable of discovering facts and adjusting their behavior accordingly when facts are presented.

Front 7

When is a re-educative strategy effective and necessary?

Back 7

A re-educative strategy is effective and necessary when the reference public does not posses the knowledge or skills to utilize and innovation or when there are fears, anxieties and moral barriers to adoption.

Front 8

When is a re-educative strategy effective cont?

Back 8

When the change agent can construct a communication from that appeals to the preexisting values of the target and reference public.

Front 9

When is a re-educative strategy not effective?

Back 9

When there are strong and conflicting emotions surrounding the change.

Front 10

How do Persuasive Strategies attempt to bring about change?

Back 10

1) Partly through bias in the manner in which the message is structured and presented.

Front 11

What are Persuasive strategies bases on?

Back 11

1) Facts
2) Rational Appeals
3) They can be totally false

Front 12

What do Power Strategies use to obtain the compliance of the target and reference public?

Back 12

1) Coercion
2) Threats

Front 13

What effective practice of power strategies requires the change agent?

Back 13

1) The change agent posses resources to reward or punish the target
2) The change agent has to be able to monopolize access to such rewards and resources

Front 14

When are power strategies most effective?

Back 14

1) When time is very short
2) When Power Strategies sought are behavioral rather than attitudinal and the change sought requires mainly outward compliance rather inward commitment

Front 15

____ is often advocated as a coercive power strategy to promote social change?

Back 15

Violence

Front 16

Who is the creator of a strategy called satyagrapha?

Back 16

Mohandas Gandhi

Front 17

What does Satayagrha mean?

Back 17

The force which is born on truth and love.

Front 18

What two elements does stayagraha inculde?

Back 18

persuasion
power

Front 19

What does stayagraha emphasize the most?

Back 19

Nonviolent power. This strategy depends critically on the ability of change agents to mobilize a carde of supporters capable of self-discipline aherencee to ethical principle and most of all a willingness to endure deprivations.

Front 20

What are the three keys to the success of nonviolent direct action?

Back 20

1) Is a strategy often used by relatively powerless groups,its practioners must think creatively and imaginatively about what tatics and resources they will use.
2) The successful practice of nonviolent requires the creation of a core of activist who are willing to suffer some deprivations in order to draw attention to an issue or embarrass the authorities.
3) The strategy succeed b/c they are likely to provoke the authorities is unprincipled violent reactions.

Front 21

What are conceptual goals?

Back 21

They specify exactly what is to change; what's the problem? What do I want to change? How could the situation be improved?

Front 22

What are operational goals?

Back 22

Operational goals are more concrete than conceptual goals and ask for specification of exactly the behaviors attitudes structures of group processes that are to be changed.