Study Guide for
Social Problems and Social Change
Q: As noted in Social Problems and Social Change, social problems are problems that affect people society-wide.
Q: As noted in Social Problems and Social Change, social change is change that affectsan entire social system.
Q: In Social Problems and Social Change, Dr. Whitaker points out that whether or not a certain type of social change constitutes an improvement in conditions is relative/ improvement in conditions or at least, not an improvement from the point of view of everyone who is affected by it.
Q: As noted in class discussion of the reading Social Problems and Social Change, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exemplifies the type of “social change” situation wherein neither of the two opposing groups is able to bring about the type of social change it desires to implement.
