SOC 3116 Study Guide - Final Guide: Catalepsy, Moral Authority, Observability

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 3116
• Professor: Ari Gandsman

Document Summary

The most common form of abnormality found in other cultures is trance and catalepsy. Most people regard them not only as normal, but desirable and even as characteristic of highly valued and gifted individuals. The autonomous person: someone who self regulates and make judgements and actions based on their values, preferences and beliefs. The inconsistencies in these projected selves may often be associate consistencies within the cultural system itself, inconsistencies may be most clearly observed during negotiation and among situationally located actors. Self-representation may be either explicit and conscious, or implicit and outside of conscious awareness. Both emotion and thought have been found within the boundaries of the person, and thus are constructed as psychological rather than social phenomena, where they have both been positioned in contrast to one another. Emotions are considered not fully intentional, because they"re seen as (cid:498)just happening(cid:499) Different cultures may value and make socially available even highly unstable human types.