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Lesson 14:Functional concepts of Rural Sociology

Implications of culture

• Ethnocentrism- the tendency to consider their own culture is of high value and superior to all others. This exists worldwide.
  
• Cultural change- Culture changes based on two factors- i) Internal- discovery and invention within the culture. ii) External- diffusion and borrowing from outside the society.
  
• Cultural lag- some parts of the culture of people change at faster rate than the other parts.
  
• Traditional culture is the foundation of indigenous knowledge and technology systems.