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    communicating with anyone to avoid it. But what happens when you disrupt this silent rule? How would other workers and customers react to this public behavior? Would there be any repercussions for breaking this norm? How would I feel? The reason why all of us act proper in public is because of store etiquette. This norm is followed because of our fundamental belief “treat others like you want to be treated”. We wouldn’t want to be treated poorly in the first place. My experiment broke

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    XI. Intern. Symposium in Theoretical Electrical Engeneering‚ Linz‚ Aug. 19. - 22‚ 2001 A Modeling Approach for Mechatronic Systems Modeling and Simulation of an Elevator System Peter Schneider‚ Erich Huck‚ Peter Schwarz Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits‚ Design Automation Division Dresden‚ Germany [1] this kind of formulation - eq. (2) - is needed. Due to the complexity of mechatronic systems [2] there is a strong demand for better assistance in formulating system equations. To

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    Breaking Cultural Norms: Experimental Research Rick Neese SOC1001 S05: Introduction to Sociology Oct 20‚ 2011 Sheila Farr Breaking Cultural Norms: Experimental Research In my research of breaking a culture norm‚ I will break the culture norms of just randomly sitting with strangers‚ and breaking culture norms in a department store. In my research of sitting with strangers I will go to a restaurant‚ public library‚ and a park. In my research in breaking culture norms in a department store

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    Breaking a social Norm Social norms are the customary rules that govern behavior in certain group of individuals. These rules specify how one should behave‚ and it clarifies what may be considered normal or acceptable to society. The type of norm that I have decided to violate for this assignment is a folkway. Folkways are informal‚ unstated rules that govern society‚ unlike laws‚ which are formal written rules. Folkways are a behavioral adaptation that developed to make social life possible. They

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    Elevator Technology Where it’s been. Where it’s going. Dedicated to People Flow TM This program is registered with the AIA/CES for continuing professional education. As such‚ it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling‚ using‚ distributing or dealing in any material or product. Questions related to specific materials‚ methods‚ and services will be addressed at

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    went to Khan el-Khalili on a Friday afternoon and it was about 40 degrees. My plan was to observe the different reactions between the people in the Egyptian souk and the people around the goldsmith’s shops and Naguib Mahfouz coffee shop‚ to my norm breaking outfit. I planned to stay an hour in each area. I chose to wear a very heavy wool jacket and a pair of Uggs‚ (calf-high boots made of heavy wool) with a pair of jeans and winter accessories. My expectations were that people would laugh and I wasn’t

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    For this assignment‚ the norm that I will break is invading personal space. Having personal space is a norm because people do not like to have other people excessively close to them. It makes them uncomfortable. Most people consider someone that they don’t know walking or sitting very closely to them as very discomforting. It is essentially an unspoken rule that you must give people their personal space‚ at least around a foot. In order to violate this norm‚ I will get very close to everyone I encounter

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    to admit. I told her it was a social experiment I was doing for my sociology class and apologized‚ she said “oh okay cool” and walked away. That was one of the most awkward situations I was put in throughout the experiment. When I broke the social norm with my professors it was

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    Social norms are created through both cultural values and presentation of self‚ with these concepts of reality being constantly learned throughout our lives by means of social interaction as well as outside influences such as media‚ movies‚ television‚ and even observing strangers. Through these interactions and influences we determine what is publically acceptable in our society and conform ourselves to these social norms in order to remain in sync‚ by upholding our self presentation and social

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    doing it this “normal” way since humans could walk. Baby’s first learning to walk don’t walk backwards do they? No‚ they are biologically programmed to move forward. I wanted the breaking of my norm to be obvious. What better way than to walk backwards and go “against the crowd”. I began the breaking of my social norm at my locker. I decided to walk from my locker to my science class backwards and I had my friend (Rory) watch people’s reactions since I was no longer facing forward. I walked down

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