{"id":5955,"date":"2016-10-18T13:00:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-18T18:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/?p=5955"},"modified":"2016-10-20T08:32:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T13:32:35","slug":"why-we-love-autumn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/2016\/10\/18\/why-we-love-autumn\/","title":{"rendered":"Why We Love Autumn"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5956\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5956\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dexxus\/2981387336\/in\/photolist-5xsozW-37sydz-rvdyC-dBzSQn-dxMzwv-aEeGfA-aD44cE-aAvfgy-8PPonW-8N5Evx-8K9zdY-7pDY19-7iG5fJ-7aejKd-799RG6-5H3jHc-3QQnnZ-Nb19wr-hb2NUV-gCAGSG-dwiiCV-duZFQc-dqLr9i-dpBLWP-dmbHiJ-dkoWjV-biAiL4-aSdpfn-aPBVFv-ay9kSa-ay4Dk8-8UykdQ-8RD1Dz-8KhkEG-7kJbKz-7cMSU1-7bNTX9-7acemE-7a8xfL-79SBQg-74koLr-6MksoQ-6ztH3r-5DsPxc-5CBdq4-5Ce8YM-5yoqAo-3P4KSR-pWoCw-pT593\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5956\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/10\/2981387336_81217b20e2_z.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by paul bica, Flickr CC\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/10\/2981387336_81217b20e2_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/files\/2016\/10\/2981387336_81217b20e2_z-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by paul bica, Flickr CC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring on the sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes! \u00a0The time of year has finally arrived where jackets and boots become wardrobe staples and changing leaves capture the imagination. What exactly is it about the autumn season that people love? <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/dartmouth.edu\/faculty-directory\/kathryn-j-lively\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kathryn Lively<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, professor of sociology at Dartmouth College, might have the answer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a recent Huffington Post <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/scientific-reason-we-love-fall_us_57f41713e4b04c71d6f0979f?\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">article<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Lively explains that people view fall as comforting. From a sociological perspective, individual\u2019s emotions are tied to the meaning we give ourselves, others, and times of year. \u00a0For example, the emotional connection towards Thanksgiving and football season symbolizes what many believe the autumn represents. This coming together of joy and creating memories provides special meaning to this season. But perhaps the biggest reason for our infatuation with fall is that we have been socially conditioned to enjoy fall since we were children. The fall represents a temporal landmark where a clean slate can begin and new routines begin. As Lively explains,<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re conditioned from a very early age that the autumn comes with all these exciting things\u2026As children, we come to associate fall with going back to school, new school supplies, seeing friends. It\u2019s exciting, for most. We still respond to this pattern that we experienced for eighteen years.\u201d<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever the case may be, enjoy the fall season, but remember to brace yourself &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/564x\/a9\/60\/1d\/a9601d97a219e34acf9136f1625dc010.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\">winter is coming<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bring on the sweaters and pumpkin spice lattes! \u00a0The time of year has finally arrived where jackets and boots become wardrobe staples and changing leaves capture the imagination. What exactly is it about the autumn season that people love? Kathryn Lively, professor of sociology at Dartmouth College, might have the answer. In a recent Huffington [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1957,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[39112,40365,2051],"class_list":["post-5955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","tag-culture","tag-fall","tag-socialization"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1957"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5957,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5955\/revisions\/5957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/clippings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}