Psychology / Unit 8 Psych 0940 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The "Grief Follows Five Stages" Error
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The idea
It is an error to treat the five responses as a fixed sequence that every grieving person passes through in order.
In practice
Studies of bereaved people find varied patterns, skipped responses, and returns to earlier ones.
Where people slip
The staged reading turns a description into a schedule, which leaves grieving people feeling they are doing it wrong.
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