This got removed, when the main page was deleted (a bit too quickly I think):
- The discipline of Social Psychology has embarked upon the study of how society's structure influences individuals and groups. One of its founders, W.I. Thomas, definition of situational dynamics describes how these varied disciplines might be related:
- "If you define a situation as real, it is real to you in its consequences...however, your definition of a situation may be influenced by how others define the same situation." This simple paradigm calls into question the four disciplines of Sociology, Cultural Anthropology, Social Psychology and Traditional psychology and how they relate to each other and to their various definitions of society. Perhaps they should be grouped into a single discipline called Cultural Sociology. (Which would include all four disciplines and certain studies within Economics, History, Political Science, Statistics and Chaos Theory.)
I'm still not convinced this is a genuine field of study in any legitimate school of sociology as opposed to a term made up by some crackpot author. This is an encyclopedia, not a discussion group. If this isn't something that some school actually studies, it doesn't belong here. Please include some real information in the article about where the term comes from and who actually studies it. If it's just some book, theb point to the book and be done with it--don't make it look like something real. --LDC
- Okay, I'm convinced now. And thanks for taking the time and trouble to explain it to me. Anything I can do to be less of a vandal and more of a contributor.
- How about I collect Mr. C's info, put it on this /talk page, where he can assemble his article. There is a chance that his contribution will shape up thereby. Meanwhile, I'd be glad to delete Situational Dynamics as I'm not happy with the stub anyway. Fair enough? Ed Poor
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