Structural Functionalist: Structural Functionalist explains change in a positive and negative way from showing that society is kinda like a person not everyone can survive on there own and everybody rely's on someone else. For example family, media, education, etc..
Conflict: Conflict theory explains change in a way through conflict between groups or parties. It explains that when groups in society dont have equal power, rights, etc.. It creates tension therefore creating conflicts witch contribute to social change.
Humanism: The Humanistic theory looks at how an individual views themselves with the world around them. It explains change by letting people use the unique qualities of people and gives them the ability to chose their own qualities.
Feminism: Feminism explains change in that women strive for equal rights as in the past and some current society. An example is WW2 which aloud women to work factory jobs because the men were overseas.
Cultural Materialism: Cultural Materialism theory tries to understand the change caused by culture and the stages of economic level and natural development. Environment, resources, technology, etc.. are influences on cultural change.
Cognitive: The Cognitive theory explains change in a way that people learn things just from watching others. It looks at the goals that people set and how they accomplish them. It utilizes positive and negative change.
Intersectionality: This theory is kind of explained in a way that everyone has there own view and experiences and must take everything into account such as race, gender, class, etc.. It explains that different forms of discrimination overlap creating change.
