SOCI 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Amay, Anomie
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Autonomy not negative; shouldn"t be seen as negative. May reveal power, dominance intentions; or not. Circulate through maintenance stage, repeatedly cycle through to run 7 years; 2, 12, 20. Depends on a lot of variables; life events. Renewal of maintenance may include some experimentation, redefining bonding. If relationship stalls, usually at circumscribing: relationship may be coming apart. Contact is reduced to minimum by all actors. Or walk through old ways of contact (routinism: relationship is shadow of former stages, novelty, exhilaration evaporate; gone, dysfunctional contact increases, perhaps seriously, avoidance. Stagnation grows unbearably unpleasant increasing role distance from other needed, wanted. I"ve been sick and i can"t see you , i"m really busy studying for social psych , don"t call me anymore, i don"t want to see you , go forth and multiple ex-bff: termination. Totally ignore other; maybe talk it out; gone. May be quick" n" dirty or protracted. Usually negative, but need not be; quick is best.