Sociocultural evolution

(noun)

It is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have changed over time.

Related Terms

  • Gerhard Lenski
  • shared culture

Examples of Sociocultural evolution in the following topics:

  • Lenski's Sociological Evolution Approach

    • Lenski's sociological evolution approach views technological progress as the most basic factor in the evolution of societies and cultures.
    • Sociocultural evolution is an umbrella term for theories of cultural evolution and social evolution, describing how cultures and societies have changed over time.
    • Most nineteenth century and some twentieth century approaches aimed to provide models for the evolution of humankind as a whole, argue that different societies are at different stages of social development.
    • He views technological progress as the most basic factor in the evolution of societies and cultures.
    • It is the relationships among population, production, and environment that drive sociocultural evolution.
  • References

    • Voices of the mind: A sociocultural approach to mediated action.
  • Evolution of Angiosperms

  • Convergent Evolution

    • Convergent evolution occurs in different species that have evolved similar traits independently of each other.
    • This phenomenon is called convergent evolution, where similar traits evolve independently in species that do not share a recent common ancestry.
    • Convergent evolution describes the independent evolution of similar features in species of different lineages.
    • Convergent evolution is similar to, but distinguishable from, the phenomenon of parallel evolution.
    • The opposite of convergent evolution is divergent evolution, whereby related species evolve different traits.
  • What is Evolution?

    • Evolution, the unifying theory of biology, describes a mechanism for the change and diversification of species over time.
    • Although it may seem that living things today stay the same, this is not the case: evolution is a gradual and ongoing process.
    • Evolution by natural selection describes a mechanism for the change of species over time .
    • Lyell's ideas, in turn, influenced Darwin's concept of evolution.
    • All organisms are products of evolution adapted to their environment.
  • Variables Affecting Adult Learning

    • Considerations for adult development and learning include biological and psychological development (including deterioration and disease processes that may occur) and sociocultural and integrative perspectives on development (Merriam, 1999).
  • Misconceptions of Evolution

    • In the same way, the theory of evolution describes facts about the living world.
    • The theory of evolution explains how populations change over time.
    • In a larger sense, evolution is not goal directed.
    • Genetic drift, for example, is another mechanism by which evolution may occurs.
    • Thus evolution can occur without natural selection.
  • Cultural Psychology

    • Sociocultural factors are the larger-scale forces within cultures and societies that affect the thoughts, feelings, and behaviors of individuals.
    • Several subfields within psychology seek to examine these sociocultural factors that influence human mental states and behavior; among these are social psychology (discussed in another section), cultural psychology, and cultural-historical psychology.
  • Wertsch - Biography

    • "Vygotsky and the Social Formation of Mind" (Harvard University Press, 1985) "Voices of the Mind: A Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action" (Harvard University Press, 1991); "Mind as Action" (Oxford University Press, 1998) "Voices of Collective Remembering" (Cambridge University Press, 2002).
    • Bakhtin, and others in order to examine problems of language and thought from a sociocultural perspective.
  • Defining Psychology

    • They explore how psychological factors interact with biological and sociocultural factors to influence individual development.
    • Psychology seeks to understand how psychological factors interact with sociocultural and biological factors to influence individual development.
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