No single theory provides a full explanation of all aspects of social change.

According to the conflict theory of social change, social change is the result of conflicts between groups with the same interests.

Culture in which people seek knowledge through science.

Theory that holds that a change in one part of society produces changes in all other parts.

Theory that change results from conflicts between groups with opposing interests.

The social change theory that provides a historical view of social change in which societies are seen as rising and then falling or as continuously moving back and forth between stages of development.

_________________ is the result of the natural tendency for societies to pass through stages of development.

Modern theories of social change suggest that all societies follow similar patterns of development.

Culture in which truth and knowledge are sought through faith or religion.

The natural tendency toward social change.

Equilibrium theory appeals to some sociologists because it explains