Sociology 1101 September 8‚ 2014 Breaking a Social Norm When asked to write a response paper on breaking a social norm‚ it was very hard for me to choose one that wouldn’t get me arrested or in a lot of trouble. I eventually came up with an idea an experiment to see people’s reactions to something that society considers a social norm. According to society social norms are the rules that we live by that dictate right and wrong behavior within our society. The social norms are also subject to some sort
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Breaking Social Norms Social norms are groupheld mindset about how members should behave in a given context. Sociologists describe norms as informal understandings that govern society ’s behaviors. Few sociologists consider norms are constituted by humans in order to endorse order in a group. On the other hand‚ few other scholars argue that social norms are created primarily to promote roles‚ thus reinforcing the stability of a social class. Thus‚ breaking it or deviating from the social
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Breaking a norm is like an experiment. You are never going to know what the outcome is going to be. A lot of sociologist like to see it as a social experiment‚ and the reason is because people are living their life what is considered the right way. It’s a mimicry‚ everyone doing the same thing‚ following the same rules‚ avoiding everything that is not considered normal‚ usual‚ typical‚ and even standard. For my social experiment‚ I decided that my norm violation would be saying “I love you” when
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Adam Troutman SOC 210 Prof. Raper Breaking the Norm In our lives there are certain standards that we uphold throughout our culture. Whether petty or significant‚ these standards are a large basis for many of the ways we think‚ act‚ and live. Within our society‚ these norms are based on a general consensus of what are accepted as normal actions or mannerisms to the whole society. In my line of work I have the chance to observe and interact with many different groups of people and
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Breaking a Social Norm For my breaking a social norm‚ my friends and I wanted to do something creative that no one in my class would do. So in a couple of minutes of thinking we figure something creative. Our plan was to go to McDonalds and use the drive thru to order our order‚ but the catch is that I was supposed to walk to the drive thru with no car just me standing there ordering my order and when they said to pull up to the next widow I would just walk to the window and pay and walk to the
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Breaking the Norm Project For my breaking the norm project I did a quite simple‚ yet effective action that definitely broke the norm of a regular society. Before I carried out my experiment I made some predictions as to the potential outcomes of what I was going to perform. I went a full day greeting at least two complete strangers in each place I went to in a single day. I went to a grocery store and Dick’s Sporting Goods. I got some mixed reactions that depended on age for the most part. First
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Social Norms Paper Assignment Worksheet Introduction: What is your paper about? What will you say? Theory: Discuss in detail the theoretical issues that are related to social norms in general and to the one you chose to break in particular. Where do social norms come from? What is the social norm that you chose and how and why did it evolve? How does your behavior break the social norm? Why is the social norm you broke a social norm? How
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A virtual community consists of social norms just like the real world. Thus‚ it also creates social pressure that convinces people to conform online. The goal of this assignment is to violate the social norms on social media. Norm breaking reveals the hidden rules that dictate our thoughts and behaviors in social interactions. Instagram is an app that I use religiously and spend a lot of time on. For this experiment‚ I posted 6 mundane photos that are trash can‚ plastic bag‚ doorknob‚ spoon‚ and
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1 Introduction to Sociology Breaking a Norm September 26‚ 2011 All Money Has Value‚ Right? Making a purchase with a $100 bill is just as discouraged as making a purchase using only Pennies. In the fast-paced world that we live in cashiers and customers expect our small‚ everyday purchases to be a quick process. When a consumer in line feels like the transaction is taking longer than they expected‚ that consumer has no problem letting everyone around them know how they feel. Tapping
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Date In my experiment of breaking the norm‚ I did two different things. in one of my “experiments” I would hold doors anywhere I where for the people that were behind me and wait for a response‚ when the person was educated enough to say thank you I would smile and let it go. When the opposite happened‚ whenever the person behind me did not say thank you I would compliment myself. I would thank myself for holding the door instead. The first time I conducted this specific experiment
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