SOC 100 1nd Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Last Lecture 1. Early Immigration2. Street Corner Society Introduction 3. Dramaturgy4. Erving Goffman ReadingOutline of Current Lecture 1. Working Consesus2. The Corner Boys3. Expectations and Performance4. 1st Fundamental Insight of SociologyCurrent Lecture1. Working Consesus- “Together the participants contribute to a single overall definition of the situation which involves not so much a real agreement as to what exists but rather a real agreement as to whose clams concerning what issues will be temporarily honored.”- Enacting what your role expects of you is considered the working consensus- Ex. Role of a Student in the lecturei. The student is supposed to be nodding, writing things down, looking interested, and flipping through a book when asked a question. ii. Agreeing that this is the role of the student is a working consensus2. Corner Boys- There is a social structure- Doc is the leader- Boys may be poor uneducated, no employment- Constantly fight over the number 2 status (Doc is always number 1)- Solidarity when they are against other groups- Dislike conceited behavior and believe in the moral way- Boys don’t jockey for leadership but amongst themselves- Roles of the Nortonsi. Doc – loyal, insecure, mediator, respectful, intelligent, artistically talented, great political intelligence, centeredii. Long John – Opposite than Doc, Standing borrowed from other people, he may not seem important, gambling problem, affected by others greatly, weak- Sociogram shows the relationship between individuals3. Expectations and PerformanceThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.- “He’s bowling above his head” – he is doing better than he ought to be doing- What predicts how well they do in bowling is their status not ability- Those with a higher status do better - Ex. Alec fails when there are expectations and even takes action to ensure that he fails- That depends on social structure in that role- The key to understanding a social interaction is understanding the participants’ definition of the situation not living out their situations4. 1st Fundamental Insight of Sociology- How people behave/feel/who they are is conditioned by their situations and circumstances- Ex. Long John- He has nightmares (when his mom thought he was dead when he had pneumonia) whenhe has no roles in society- He no longer feels dead when Doc starts paying attention to him (Whyte suggested this)- Doc gets dizzy when he has decide about his role in the social structure (this is a conflict of obligation vs.