Stimulus Diffusion Ap Human Geography

Ap human geography diffusion.

Stimulus diffusion ap human geography. Stimulus diffusion is when a trend spreads to a new location or cultural context. Stimulus diffusion the spread of an underlying principle even though the characteristic itself doesn t spread involves the transfer of an underlying concept of idea without the specific accompanying traits due to some cultural or other barrier to the movement of the idea. Stimulus diffusion is when an idea diffuses from its cultural hearth outward but the original idea is changed by the new adopters.

A form of diffusion in which a cultural adaptation is created as a result of the introduction of a cultural trait from another place. Underlying principle of a characteristic spreads although characteristic failed. Almost all cultural diffusions will have some aspect of stimulus diffusion because of the ways culture adapts to new environmental social and political conditions.

Stimulus diffusion is a type of cultural diffusion which is a process in which trends spread from place to place. For example islam has spread throughout the world yet stayed strong in the middle east where it was founded. In other words it is the spreading of an underlying principle of an idea when the idea as a whole cannot spread to a particular culture.