SOC312H1 Lecture : lecture note
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End of chapter one, theoretical models of demography micro and macro. Idea of age period and cohort, understand charts, Data itself is not sufficient, we want to have theories we want to have models and revise them , data is important and ultimiatley is to do more explanation and prediction, number of demo theories or frameworks, Micro and macro models, both usefull and worthwhile need to know both. Debate ind actors are rational, humans don t behave rationally, to what extent people don t have good info, info distorted all prevent rational actor model working well. How we aware of cost and benfits, debate on micro area, things are up to chance variability, Things ass with this, changes in society including political to democratic, modern science replacing folklores, sci tech inderstandings changes in mind sets, and institutional complexity compart, edu into school and out of home, industrialization from farm to industrial economy,