ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the more complex points of a critical-incident metatheory. Critical-incident metatheory suggests that non-linear patterns can be found in behavior over extended periods of time. A critical-incident perspective is a dynamic approach to understanding reality. Under critical-incident approach, change is an expected part of reality. The perspective suggests that a large number of variables and factors are responsible for behavior or choices to behave in certain ways. The critical- incident perspective views that variable as no more important in a causal sense than any other variable in the accumulated set. The concept of weight is one of the essential elements of the perspective. Weight suggests that a critical point may be reached by the addition of any variable that results in the cumulative achievement of a critical point. Any number of variables can serve to replace the weight contributed by an assumed causal variable.
