Violation Of Norm Analysis

As stated earlier, this experiment completely proved my hypothesis wrong. Many of the people that rode the elevator with me stared at me as though there were something wrong with me. Most were uncomfortable and fidgety and kept looking over their shoulder at me as they rode forward, and me, backwards. More than a few asked if I was alright and even asked my friend, who was acting as if he did not know me, knew what was was wrong. I even conducted a few controlled experiments where I rode the elevator forward to see if people would react to me then, but not a single person outside of the experiment even acknowledged my existence. I would have thought that in a place like L.A. County, people would be too busy to notice others, or people would have been raised to mind their own business and keep to themselves, but apparently abiding my social standards and making sure that others do as well is a higher priority.

The way I violated this norm was for the entirety of a day I would either look straight down or straight up when talking to someone. By doing this it would prevent me from making eye contact thus breaking the norm.

Technology has changed Americas manners, but with so many negative effects, people are trying to bring simple technology etiquette out of the past and into the present. The article "Is Anything Wrong With This Picture" by Lauren Tarshis and Kristin Lewis, and the article "How the Telephone Made America Rude" by scholastic, explain measures that were taken to bring politeness back into America. The author tries to explain how people get injured because of poor technology etiquette. The article states that poor behavior can land people in the hospital or worse. In 2014, more than 2,500 people were sent to the emergency room sue to using their phones (Tarshis and Lewis 25). By describing the effect that phones can have on people, if not used with caution, this helps prove the point that good phone manners and etiquette can help you and others stay out of the emergency room. In attempt to give what would now be considered common knowledge, to people who have just gotten brand new telephones, people have written guides explaining simple telephone etiquette. Some of the tips included, "If the person you are calling does not answer right away, let the telephone ring for at least a minute. He or she may be in another part of the house or outside," ( How the Telephone Made America Rude 27). Another tip was, "Men, keep your beards and mustaches out of the mouthpiece," (How the Telephone Made America Rude 27). What would know be known as basic knowledge, in the past was not common. These guides and articles tried to help familiarize the public with simple etiquette, so people were not rude to one another. Based off the evidence, authors explained negative side effects of not using technology politely, and wrote guides including tips on how to use good manners and etiquette while talking on the

Norm violations are a form of actions that do not seem right to some people. Let’s say that you are in a public place, you are expected to act respectful and normal. Norms describes the expectation of a behavior. (James M. Henslin) One can perform a norm violation by doing the opposite of that, like invading personal space. There can be different reactions to violated norms which sociologists call sanctions. (Henslin) Mores, folkways, and values revolve around norms as well.

The physical setting of my norm violation was an elevator in my residence hall as this would be a clear violation of what should be expected of students taking the elevator up to their rooms or down to the lobby. I did this by wearing athletic clothing, unrolling a yoga mat in the back of the elevator, and proceeding to sit on the floor (covered by the yoga mat) and go through a series basic stretches. I tried to make what I was doing seem as commonplace as possible by not explaining my presence or strange behavior to anyone who entered the elevator, but rather continuing as

My favorite assignment was paper number three, which was about norm violations. This was my favorite assignment because I was able to perform an activity of cutting my toenails in two separate restaurants. I would not do this activity if it were not for this assignment. Therefore, this assignment gave me an excuse to make my friends and boyfriend uncomfortable while performing my assignment.

Several of the people had no reaction at all, probably numbed by the often encountered with such behaviour in large busy cities; many people however greeted me with impolite glances and confused expressions. Through the scrunching of their brows this confusion and annoyance was portrayed. A few elderly people were even quite shocked, conveying this through startled wide-eyed expressions and open mouths. These facial expressions were what allowed me to understand how the passenger were feeling and what they were thinking without them having to say a word, showing that non-verbal communication is much harder to control as it is a continuous

In my Norm Violation assignment I chose to break the common dining etiquette norm of eating with your hands. Since eating with your hands is only deviant behavior in certain dining situations, I chose to break this norm at a local sit-down restaurant in Eugene, Café Soriah. I went to the downtown restaurant with a group of friends for an afternoon meal without telling them of my Norm Violation assignment. Being the only informed one in the experiment seemed like the best way to get the most candid reactions from my peers.

In this paper I’m writing about a violation i witness, and one norm violation i committed myself. Before I did this I had to figure what a norm was. “Norms are reality expectations and the right behavior” (Aiken, 1991, p.121). Avoiding a norm violation is to go against the right behavior that you shouldn’t commit if it isn’t the right thing to do. There are many types of norm violations you can break. Mores are the “Norms are very strict to enforce because they are thought different essential to the core values of the group” (Aiken, 1991, p. 132). A folkway is a “norm that isn’t as strict and enforced as mores or values” (Aiken, 1991, p. 136). Norms aren’t the same everywhere, because behaviors that might be legal to do in the United States can be illegal in other countries and they can get offended if you disrespect them. Cultures are a very big thing when it comes to being respectful and disrespectful when it comes to a perspective of behavior. This is due to different type of cultural systems because in the United States we will accept some norm violations but in another country they might find it offensive. Values are considering standards in which people define what is desirable, and undesirable, and also good, or evil, and gorgeous from hideous. When people accept our values in the right behavior, that’s when we approach them with a smile and a handshake, or even better we can approach them with a present. When norms are violated we become angry and disappointed, so

With this assignment, I pondered on which norm violation would be the least embarrassing, which one would cause less anxiety, and which one I had the guts enough to perform. When I read the instructions and how we had to break a socially known norm, I felt very uncomfortable. I read the list repeatedly and even went to my parents and asked them which one they thought would be the least embarrassing. I finally decided that invading someone’s bubble who I was acquainted with and speaking six inches away from their face would be the best choice. I wanted to compare the reaction I received from the first person I talked to, so I chose two more individuals. These three individuals consisted of my

For my experiment, I chose to say hi to random individuals while I continuously looked into their eyes and smiled for an inappropriate amount of time. At first, most of the people I greeted responded by saying hi back with a smile. However, after prolonging my eye contacts and smiles, some of the their smiles were replaced by a confused or creeped-out look as they look back at me, while others tried to not maintain eye contact anymore as they walked away rapidly. I was with my boyfriend when I conducted this experiment, and even though I did not perform the experiment on him, he too gave me a puzzled look at first and asked what I was doing. But then after a few attempts of doing this out of the norm behavior, my boyfriend decided to join me, which made it more of an unexpected behavior for many. Many of the passerby responded in ways that I mentioned above, while others whispered the words “what the heck?” and “weirdos”. Some laughed and others even decided to stare back at us for a long time with a huge grin on their faces. After doing this out of the norm behavior, I then tried to catch up and explained to the people I conducted this experiment on what I was doing and

A few weeks ago our group sat in the Starbucks located on campus for 20 minutes observing people who sat, stood and walked around. In this time we had four different sets of eyes looking around and taking notes. The following is a summary of our observations to answer the required questions. A difficulty we may have encountered if we would have stayed in the same location longer is people would have noticed. People were extremely busy, but as time went by one girl did notice there was something odd about our table and began to stare. That would have made it awkward and caused a distraction of what our goal if more people noticed us. Another difficulty would be our notes would have been repetitive and it would have been hard focusing. As observers, constantly seeing the same thing, it would just be too much for us.

1. Violations of norms or expectations give us the opportunity to examine taken-for-granted everyday communication. Such violations can lead to communication misunderstandings – but not always. Think of an example of a recent (i.e., since your arrival on campus this semester) communication misunderstanding, and use Expectancy Violations Theory to explain whether or not the misunderstanding occurred because of a violation of expectations. Be sure your answer shows that you understand the key elements of Expectancy Violation Theory (i.e., (a) origins of expectation; (b) what the expectation is; (c) valence of the violation (d) reward valence of the other person; and (e) the valence of the outcome.)

On less sunny days, I sometimes go up there and sit in a folding chair just people watching and nature watching. From my vantage point, I have a good view of the street below and I can observe all sorts of social behavior in the simplest social interactions between people in the street. Sometimes, it almost feels as though I'm spying on people because they have no idea that someone is high above looking down. I have watched couples in arguments that seemed like they might not have in front of others and I have noticed other differences in the way that people act when they know others are present and when they think nobody is watching them. People seem to be much more careful about parking their cars when they know other people might be watching than they are when they think they are alone. They are much more careful about bumping into other cars when they parallel park, for one example.

When the time arrived for actually breaking the norm, I was scared since I don’t know what the other person’s reaction would be. As I am facing the people on the elevator, I started to see the awkward look coming from the people and I was feeling uncomfortable. There were some people who would just look at their phone or look the other way as I make eye contact with them. The reason I felt uncomfortable because no one usually make eye contact inside the