FRHD 1020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Social Dynamics, Margaret Mead, Miscarriage
5 Mar 2017
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Social dynamics: change can be measures across points in time, does not look at unique events or changes. Identify and change are central to developing a dynamic theory: want analysis to be generalizable. Individuals" lives are experiences as events (birth, date, graduation, wedding: actual date is not important, the event contains the information about our lives, relatively instantaneous. Stage: duration of time characterized by a particular property not present before the stage, and present after the stage, stages have a beginning point marked by an event, g, g. Stage transitions: every person and organization experiences transitions, many contain intense adjustment which leads to high stress. Pathway: at any point, there is always a possibility of a stage transition, transitions depend on, stage you currently occupy, how long you have been in that stage, the social norms favouring one type of transition over another. Transition 3: (event is miscarriage now they enter the stage of not being able to have children)
