Good Will Hunting
Hanah, Tiffany, Ariana, Esther and Jacob Good Will Hunting Trailer The Characters We Love
1. Matt Damon as William “Will” Hunting
2. Robin Williams as Sean Maguire
3. Ben Affleck as Charles “Chuckie” Sullivan
4. Stellan Skarsgard as Professor Gerald Lambeau
5. Minnie Driver as Skylar Satenstein Movie Summary: Starring Will Hunting
● Follows 20-year-old South Boston laborer named Will Hunting who is an unrecognized genius
● Will is self-taught, genius-level intellect with an eidetic memory
● Got a deferred prosecution agreement after assaulting a police officer and gets saved by an elite professor who works at the same college as him
● To avoid jail time, he becomes a client of a therapist and studies advanced mathematics with the renowned professor who saved him
● Through his therapy sessions, Will re-evaluates his relationships with his best friend, his girlfriend and himself, facing the significant task of confronting his past and thinking about his future
Real loss is only possible when you love something more than you love yourself ~ Robin Williams Article 1
● Lehmann et al. (2016) “Reactive attachment disorder and disinhibited social
engagement disorder in school-aged foster children—A confirmatory approach
to dimensional measures”
○ Connection between the foster care and orphanage system and attachment disorder ○ 122 foster children ages 6-10 year old ○ When these children had experienced abuse, there was a strong connection to attachment disorder ○ Sean, the main character, grew up in the foster care system and had an attachment disorder Article 2
● Van der Put and de Ruiter (2016) “Child Maltreatment Victimization By Type In Relation To Criminal Recidivism In Juvenile Offenders.” ○ sampled 10,111 boys and 3,502 girls ages of 12 -18 who had been convicted in a juvenile court ○ Studied relationship between child abuse and juvenile delinquency, found strong connection ○ Will was abused as a child and found himself frequently in trouble with the law Article 3
● Farineau, H. M. (2016). An Ecological Approach to Understanding Delinquency of Youths in Foster Care. ○ youths with a history of maltreatment were 55% more likely to be arrested and 96% more likely to commit a violent crime ○ 24–29% of youths specifically in foster care placements were diagnosed with severe behavioral disorders involving delinquent behavior ● Suggestions ○ an ecological approach to handling youths in the foster care system is beneficial as it is important to consider not only the adolescent’s individual characteristics, but more importantly one must consider the various contexts within which the adolescent operates. (Farineau, 2016) Course Concepts Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory
- A cognitive process that includes elements of the personal, environmental, and behavioral factors all influencing each other
- Environment was negative/abusive→ Bad behavior/arrests→ Poor personal self-concept/fearful of change/unable to trust Course Concepts Continued… Transformational Learning
- Learning that constitutes a change in one’s core beliefs - Trial and error, critical reflection, personal evaluation, common understanding, and cognitive, physical and emotional development, life experience. Will gained transformational learning through... - Skyler’s love, care and interest - Sean’s inspiration, friendship, and loyalty - “It’s not your fault” scene Course Concepts Continued… Crowthers Four Assumptions: Focus on 3rd and 4th Assumption
- There are barriers; not resistance
- Learners are abstract and have not yet reached full development to truly know
everything there is to know about the world.
- “I’ll bet you can’t tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You’ve never
actually stood there and looked up at the beautiful ceiling; seen that.”
- “No one is perfect. Life is about finding if we, two imperfect complex people, are
perfect for each other” Course Concepts
Maslow’s Hierarchy
- Issues of safety as a child - Struggle with love/belonging throughout the movie - Reaches self actualization Course Concept
Contextual perspectives
- Will is shaped in real time by his environment and the people he surrounds himself with - Sean’s influence and Chuckie’s advice shifts the lens through which he views his life Theorist
Erikson (1950)
- Will’s childhood continues to affect his adult life - Struggle with trust and intimacy - Can move through other stages, past abuse is a reoccurring problem - Erikson would say this is an excellent example of his theory THANK YOU!
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