Monday 8 August 2011

DD101 Introducing the Social Sciences - Week 25

The suggested time table for Week 25


      Conclusion’ to the ‘Connected lives’ strand of Exploring Social Lives (30 mins)
      ‘Making connections: psychology and sociology’ ( Audio CD) (45 mins)

To be completed by 5th August.

I'm not sure what to make of the Audio CD, that's 45 minutes of life I'm never going to get back.

However on a brighter note, TMA 06 is coming together, and after leaving the last one until pretty much last minute at present I feel this one is under control. There is more work to be done, but it is really a matter of reading and re-reading the material in Chapter 6 and getting every point possible identified in regard to supporting, or not, this claim.

The problem really, and this may be mentioned in my conclusion, is that the question itself is far from ideal. It would have been far better had it been "Evaluate the claim that conflict is the main (or the only) catalyst for identity change."

The question as it stands is "Evaluate the claim that conflict is a catalyst for identity change.", the answer  is obviously Yes it is, but how important is it and of what value is the evidence that has led to this claim is what I believe this TMA is about.

Anyway, over a week to go, plenty of time :-)

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