A Social Norm That Exists And Its Values Are Taught At An Early Age

The five social norms that I am glad exist are the standards of personal space, the expected standard for personal hygiene, the expected standard for manners in public i.e. avoiding belching or flatulating in public areas, the norm of individual choices, and the social norm of education being a standard.

Social norms have been shaping the way people interact throughout history. While norms could be seen as something that confides behavior, it also maintains social order allowing certain behaviors to be accepted or to be evaded. The way people respond to a situation depends on the person’s normative beliefs or what they believe society should act.

The social norm I decided to break was facing the back of an elevator rather than the front. No matter how social one may be, people tend to act very anti-social while riding in an elevator. We avoid making eye contact, we all stare in a different direction, we never start a conversation; it’s just what we do. I would consider elevators a very fragile place for social behavior, and one wrong move could cause an extremely awkward and uncomfortable situation. Facing the back of an elevator seems like such a simple thing that shouldn’t really matter, but I was surprised how much of an upset it was able to cause. For braking this social norm, I didn’t have much choice in selecting my subject. There are so many different

The way people reacted to the situation varied from people not caring and just doing their business, to people staring and giving dirty looks, and I had one gentleman wink at me. The people that stared at me either waited until I was done or went into a stall to go. The people

Normally when people go into a store, they walk, so instead of walking I thought, why not skip around? There isn’t a spoken rule that you have to walk into a store and actually walk, but everyone just does, so I want to know what people would do if you didn’t walk, but skip or run or do something other than walk.

Does this look appropriate? What will people think? In this modern era of innovation we are held back by superficial qualities. Nothing matters more than your gender and sexual preference. We are branded by the second we are born into certain stigmas. Living in our communities we cannot help to seek acceptance from our others. Social norms play a major role in our development. Boys become men and girls become women is standard to go in a different direction is unacceptable. Gays and transgender perspectives have changed drastically in the last decades, but the abuse and humiliation they face has not. Being part of society should not mean that we are branded into a category by our gender. For some the option to be normal and follow the social norm pattern is not there since in their brain they feel they are meant to be of the opposite gender. There is no one to blame in these circumstances, but others because they are the ones who are going to judge them and lead them down the hard path of life. These pieces will help to further my point “Two Ways a Woman can Get Hurt: Advertising and Violence” Kilbourne, “Just Between You, Me, and my 662 Bffs” Orenstein, ABC’s “The Bachelor”, and “Boys Don’t Cry.”

The social norm that I violated was talking to people in the showers next to me. I live in

What most people don’t realize is the stress that comes with waiting in line all day. Sometimes workers move the line from place to place to prevent sidewalks from becoming blocked, however this makes everyone near the front of the line extremely nervous, for the people in the back of the line jump at the opportunity to be closer to the front. Some people rush to

April 1, 2016- In the Tanger Outlets, I observed a woman deliberately skip a line of at least 10 people. This caused negative spontaneous reactions from everyone in line. As I was waiting in line to pay for my shirt, a woman walked right ahead of everyone who was already in line and then went to the next available cashier. Immediately, the first man who had been waiting called after the woman. The woman, however, just told the guy that she was in a rush. Soon, everyone else who was waiting in line expressed their own angry by participating in insulting the woman who skipped them. I

The norm that will be broken is by singing Christmas songs in aisles where no one is expecting while talking to one another. Since it is near the holidays, interactions will vary based on the moods of the individual on how they accept what is given. Date and time in which the observation was conducted

Since I did not want to have to create my own social norm to violate, I had five options to pick from. The social norm I chose to try to violate this week was number two: position yourself six inches from an acquaintance’s nose during a conversation. The reason I chose this social norm to violate was because I thought it sounded like the easiest or least embarrassing choice. Other options required me to stand up in front of many people which is not enjoyable. Another reason I chose this one was because some of the options could not really be applied to my life. For example, I do not use public transportation nor do I use any elevators on campus.

As I cut in line to get my food I could see people looking at me strangely and looking at other people to see if they could see what I was doing as well, people were also whispering saying “what is she doing” and “what the hell” as I walked right past them. The people in line definitely would have not been whispering or staring at me the way that they were if I had gone to the back of the line to wait for my turn. No one said anything to my face but they did whisper to each other under their breath and give me harsh looks. When I got to the front of the line and to the food the people that were serving their food looked at me and then almost tried to push me out of the line. It was difficult to get to the food

Within society everyone has a certain set of standards that most everybody follows. These are called norms. Merriam-Webster defines a norm as a principle of right action binding upon the members of a group and serving to guide, control, or regulate proper and acceptable behavior. I observed my school, Coosa High School. I began observing my school and started to figure out what the normal standards were of that setting. In a school environment the social expectation for students is to respect all teachers and faculty, behave in a orderly manner, and to be responsible and do your work. At my school I observed the normal routine of the school day as well as how my peers act within the hours that they were at school. At my school we have a seven period day with each class consisting of one, 55 minute period with a lunch break in the middle. Although the social expectation of students is nothing but excellence, that is not always the case. Students at my school always want to be on their phones or talking with other peers. Conducting this experiment was a little more difficult due to how my peers could be distracted at times. That just meant I had to be more outgoing and loud. Observing my school and experimenting violating a social norm can display many changes and realizations about social order and social structure within myself and today's society.

Social norms can generally be defined as the set of abstract or concrete rules and regulations given by a society. Social norms often tell individuals how to behave in most, if not all, aspects of their lives. Values, beliefs, behaviors, morals, and attitudes are all taken into consideration when deciding whether or not one wants to follow the social norm. Whether it be at school, the workplace, church, or at home, people are faced with a slew of decisions they need to make on a daily basis. These decisions, however, are often influenced by society rather than their own conscience. When a society implements a set of expected behaviors, problems are bound to arise due to diversity amongst humans.

In this particular scenario, the latter solution (B) is the morally correct action, even though it may agitate the people in the line, you are doing the right thing and being honest. Once again, most adolescents would act out the morally incorrect solution and see it as just a little bonus cash on behalf of the colour-blind checkout girl (even though most adolescents don’t do any shopping).