SOC101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Good Will Hunting, Paideia, Ploy

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC101
• Professor: Kieran Bonner

Document Summary

The subtle art of social sabotage: redefining a situation contrary to general expectations which catches people off guard (could be called a breaching experiment) The interview scene in good will hunting-> individual act in an individual social exchange, does not cause social change. Cognitive and normative definitions make subworld a better term than subculture: carl mayer describes it as: an island of deviant meanings within the sea of its society. Subworlds have different defintions than the mainstream society. It is possible to move from the group one is socialized into to a deviant one (mathematical deviation, not moral deviation) Manipulation: not revolutionary change (charisma) or detachment (ploy), but instead, it is usi(cid:374)g so(cid:272)ial st(cid:396)u(cid:272)tu(cid:396)e fo(cid:396) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) p(cid:396)i(cid:448)ate pu(cid:396)poses: e goff(cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)alls this (cid:862)(cid:449)o(cid:396)ki(cid:374)g the s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)(cid:863). The (cid:272)o(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374) (cid:272)a(cid:374) e(cid:454)ist (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause the(cid:455) understand the social structure, they play roles within the social structure for their own ends.