Social Norm Observation

People who make choices and express beliefs and ideas are good to develop for children as they grow up, they can have individual thoughts which are unique. Each people have their unique way of thinking, some people that are unoriginal don't know the meaning of originality and so on. freedom is essential for humanity, people have different choices, way of thinking, ideas and even feelings about an specific object or person. Learning about dissimilarities is really important and can help to see each people's weaknesses. Variety is really good to see other people positive characteristics. On the other hand, forced conformity make other people feel uncomfortable and can't learn from each other. Individual liberty is so important that people can

One of the hardest parts about breaking this norm was trying to conceal my own emotion and not apologize for what I was doing. While I was breaking the norm, I felt extremely uncomfortable and constantly wanted to apologize to those around me because I knew how much of an inconvenience I was for everyone in the hall. I definitely felt out of place and wanted nothing more than to run back to the right side of the hall and act like everything was normal.

Recently I completed this homework assignment by wearing a sports jacket and kaki pants to a business professional event where the preferred dress is to wear a suit. I know that this may not be one of the most daring social norms to break such as being loud in the library or walking through the drive through but that is the social norm that I chose to break.

When choosing a social norm to violate, I wanted to aim for something that would be immediately apparent to those around me. Generally, I consider myself to be a rather quiet and reserved person. I 'm also very shy and softspoken and a little timid when it comes to talking to new people or around large groups. Because of this, I decided that I wanted to throw myself out of my comfort zone and attempt to be, for lack of a better word, obnoxious while with friends. It was an awkward day, but the reactions I received from my peers taught me a lot about social norms whilst also about myself and the influence of social norms on myself.

The Code of Hammurabi in my opinion seems to have had the most impact on human civilization. The set of laws or rules created by King Hammurabi, a respected ruler and military leader, provided some order for the people of Babylonia. This code consisted of 282 provisions, for the organization of its society included subjects such as family, property, and trade. Without this code, people would be free to do as they please without any discipline and responsibility.

Social norms are rules that have been ingrained in society and people for hundreds of years. These societal rules can be anything from not talking to strangers on the subway to wearing weather appropriate clothes in public. Yet, when these societal norms are broken, the observers, as well as the person who destroyed the norm, are affected. Societal norms play in large role in how a person conducts him or herself when interacting with others. When deciding what social interaction, I would break, I wanted to do something that would be easy for me to fully commit to without facing too much embarrassment. I chose to violate the social norm of using the appropriate utensils when eating. This social norm is taught to people at very young ages, usually

One of the criminal thinking errors is the stance of “uniqueness”. This thinking error occurs when the person in question believes that they are different from everyone else, which leads to a sense of entitlement. Because of their supposed “uniqueness” they believe that the rules don’t apply to them, and they are entitled to have certain rights and actions that others wouldn’t have. A potential problem with this thinking errors is it can lead the person to suspect different treatment within the judicial system.

In the two short stories," Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut and "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury, it can be determined that people should be allowed to have freedom instead of being completely restricted. Throughout both of these stories, there are a few similarities that prove this argument; however, at the same time, the concept of having limited freedom is expressed differently through varying plot elements. First of all, a major similarity between the two stories is how people defy the rules that are forced upon them in order to attain freedom. For example, in "Harrison Bergeron", Harrison was imprisoned at a young age due to his vastly superior powers and intellect compared to the rest of society, which was designed to be average. Harrison

Dominic was observed during the morning in his third grade class. At the start of the observation, a selected group of students, including Dominic, were instructed to sit on a rug for an activity. Dominic sat on the rug for a couple of seconds before he got up and went to his desk to look for an item. Dominic could not find the item at his desk, so he headed to a shelf and grabbed a paper. He then headed back to the rug and took a seat. During the activity, Dominic appeared to listen to the teaching assistant as she reviewed letter sounds. Furthermore, Dominic had his fingers in his mouth, biting his nails during the activity. After the activity, Dominic headed back to his desk as instructed by the teaching assistant. The class was instructed to start a “spelling sort” activity. During the activity, he cut out and glued printed words from a worksheet onto his notebook. Occasionally, Dominic talked with a peer seated next to him. Once Dominic finished the activity, he placed his notebook into his desk. He briefly looked around the room before his general education teacher, Mrs. Hippchen, asked “OK Dominic, what do we do now?” He then pulled out a book from his desk and began reading.

Rules and structure shape who we are, they allow us to channel and control our basic instinct in a way that lets society run smoothly without being subjected to great amounts of chaos. Without structure individuals can’t be trusted to put their selfishness within their human nature aside for the good of the society as a whole. I believe that humans initial instinct is masked by societal guidelines and without the pressure to follow these guidelines people would become absorbed with self-benefiting actions. If everyone is looking out for only themselves, no one is thinking about the bigger picture and how every person’s individual actions affect everything as a whole. History determines the future, and people’s actions in the past affect future

For this project, I went to the University Center main lobby to observe people’s behavior. In this space, there are many people who were walking around, sitting at tables, and going to classes. This public area can be accessed by anyone for most of the day, except at night. I decided to sit toward the back of the lobby area, so I could watch everyone while they went about their business. I noticed several different behaviors between people. Some of this behavior seemed to be normal while others, I noticed that were different and I have never noticed it before. Some behaviors also bothered me.

Depending on what form of deviance we look at within Welcome to Night Vale we see a different approach to deviance. When looking at the interaction between the government and deviant citizens of Night Vale there is a clear distinction of right and wrong implying that the stance on deviance that the town itself takes would be more of a positivist perspective. We see this when looking at the belief in mountains and angels. In Night Vale it is against the law to acknowledge the belief of angels and mountains. This is seen in episode 25 when a City Council member says "Angels aren't real. They just aren't" (Fink and Cranor 252). We see the opposition to mountains in episode 18 when employees of Night Vale Radio chant "IT IS FLAT ALL THE WAY ROUND.

The norm violation setting will be taking place at my work, which is located in Coralville mall at Paris Nails. I will be at least

Personal space is a necessary aspect of life that we all have, yet don’t all respect. The decision to examine personal space and potential violation evolved from previous experiences in different locations throughout Grand Valley State University; the topic was of great interest due to the multiple instances in which there appeared to be “rules” governing actions for violation of space. Following research focused around personal space and violation, experiments were done in order to understand the factors related to personal space and violation within the fieldhouse as well as the library elevator. After the experiments, reflecting on the research done allowed for understanding of interactions. The specific situation in which individuals are involved in plays a large role

In a society or community, there are rules. Rules are regulations that the people under a government need to follow. Rules are important as families and citizens have to live their lives in a happy but safe state. Some aspects of why rules are important are: to maintain civil behaviour, be organised, more harmony in the community. Even under these aspects, there are more branches of why rules are important.