What Is A Social Norm

A norm is a behavior or unspoken rule that society has deemed as normal or acceptable. Those who do not follow the norms of a group may be shunned or looked at as different. The norm I will be violating for my project is asking people that I am unfamiliar with to do something simple for me. It is not common for a stranger to ask another stranger to do something that they are seemingly able to do. This norm acts as a mechanism of social control by keeping people from talking to those who are unfamiliar. It also puts forward the idea that we should be able to do all simple tasks ourselves. To break this norm, I am going to wear tennis shoes with one of the laces untied and ask strangers passing by to tie my shoe for me.

It just so happened that after 30 minutes of the three girls being inside they went outside to ask their moms'

Two girls caught my attention as they started talking. They looked about my age but were a couple inches taller. I could

“You like Mr. Templer?” One girl asked me in response to the awkward question. At this point, I realized what I had

I thought the strongest reactions I would receive would be if I directly looked at the person in the face and not say anything after he or she would ask me in return how I was doing. This was an easy breaching experiment to execute because the places I could use were anywhere on campus. The best time to do the experiment was during the day when I was more likely to run into people who were in my classes or clubs who I did not see every day. It was better to ask people who I was not really friends with so I could get true, honest

Not often, but occasionally a social norm will be broken. If I was on the elevator and the 3 people that got on after me would of started asking me questions about why I was at the doctor’s office, or if they would of stood very close to me, that would be breaking the social norm. When someone breaks a social norm, sociologists call that social deviance. I remember a time in my life when I witnessed someone being socially deviant. I was in a high school English class with about 30 students in it. The teacher was up at the board giving a lesson. The social norm for us

I joked with them pretty much the whole time we walked through and we were laughing the whole time. I love that laughter and humor is pretty much universal, and a lot of the time it is a way for me to really open up a conversation.

the slide. Then she got up and was getting ready to walk up the slide. I said we walked around and walk

How often does somebody in their teenage years wet themselves in middle of class? I just so happen to know a girl like that. Part of it was even my fault.

Social norms are what the world or society view as acceptable ways to act. A social norm that I tend to follow would be facing the front when riding on an elevator. This is one that I assume most people follow, but I have actually been in a situation where someone walked on an elevator while they were texting and never turned around. I had never thought about that being socially normal until someone didn’t face the door. However, it is only normal because the majority believes it’s normal.

The norm I decided to violate was a simple one, yet it makes many others feel uncomfortable. At the local Walmart which is always busy with people, I took the opportunity to position myself rather closely (less than a foot between us) to others as they walk down the aisles, while pretending to not notice the proximity the I was in with them.

Lily was the oldest helper here..Lily i call again as i barge in like i normally do..here she hollars back.. i follow the voice into the bathroom where she is busy giving about 8 children a bath in the large bathtub... she is soaking wet. And just as dressed as the children are... However i am not bothered by this... she used to help me take baths when i was younger... she not as young as she used to be. but she still slender and womenly. what up lou she calls to me. im divorced i say... Finally she sighs.. looking around there are a few more women folk helping the kids.. there our a total of 4 tubs each able to fit about 15 people here no dividers

I started trying to stop the conversation, but didn’t know what to say. So I just sat there in a very awkward situation for the next 30 minutes waiting for the bus-stop were I was supposed to stop.

They said that someone was filling out the child abuse form right at that moment, and that reassured me a bit. Still, I felt worried for the girls. I went into the changeroom pretending to get something, until I spotted the girls. I did not want to seem nosy, or intrusive in any way, so I cautiously approached them, and asked if they came to swim often.

I undressed and dressed inside the shower to have some privacy. I even tried to have