Breaking the norm
Chasity
December 2nd 2013
General psychology 10 am
Breaking The Norm A social norm is only a guideline. Sometime people or society used to decide which behaviors are acceptable. A great example of this would be manors. We expect people to say "please" and "thank you." Of course it's not against the law to not say those things, people just judge you if you don't. In some cases social norms can be laws. To me, a social norm can be referred to wether or not a person uses a blinker. I get very upset and judge people as jerks when they don't use one. Of course this is against the law but no one gets a ticket for it. Considering the time of year I used Thanksgiving versus Christmas when I broke the norm. I went to homeland grocery store one night and as I was standing in line to check out I started to Singapore Christmas song before Thanksgiving. As I started singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" I could see I was starting to get some attention. A few of the people reacted differently. One older man probably in his 60's just smiled at me, while a younger woman started giving me a death glare. When I finally made it to the register the cashier had the nerve to ask me rudely "you know its not even Thanksgiving right?" Another way I broke the norm was at a baby shower. One of my cousins is having a baby boy. What's interesting about this one was I was in a church singing a song off of family guy. I really don't think the old Christian women appreciated it. Anyways as she started opening gifts and it got quite I started singing prom night dumpster baby off of family guy. Everyone's expressions were the same shocked and appalled. I was almost immediately asked to leave . I felt so bad, I had to explain myself. They thought it was kinda funny but I don't think my cousin will ever forgive me. when I was breaking the norms I felt dumb. I love the attention, but I prefer it to be positive attention rather than negative attention. I think it wasn't just
December 2nd 2013
General psychology 10 am
Breaking The Norm A social norm is only a guideline. Sometime people or society used to decide which behaviors are acceptable. A great example of this would be manors. We expect people to say "please" and "thank you." Of course it's not against the law to not say those things, people just judge you if you don't. In some cases social norms can be laws. To me, a social norm can be referred to wether or not a person uses a blinker. I get very upset and judge people as jerks when they don't use one. Of course this is against the law but no one gets a ticket for it. Considering the time of year I used Thanksgiving versus Christmas when I broke the norm. I went to homeland grocery store one night and as I was standing in line to check out I started to Singapore Christmas song before Thanksgiving. As I started singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" I could see I was starting to get some attention. A few of the people reacted differently. One older man probably in his 60's just smiled at me, while a younger woman started giving me a death glare. When I finally made it to the register the cashier had the nerve to ask me rudely "you know its not even Thanksgiving right?" Another way I broke the norm was at a baby shower. One of my cousins is having a baby boy. What's interesting about this one was I was in a church singing a song off of family guy. I really don't think the old Christian women appreciated it. Anyways as she started opening gifts and it got quite I started singing prom night dumpster baby off of family guy. Everyone's expressions were the same shocked and appalled. I was almost immediately asked to leave . I felt so bad, I had to explain myself. They thought it was kinda funny but I don't think my cousin will ever forgive me. when I was breaking the norms I felt dumb. I love the attention, but I prefer it to be positive attention rather than negative attention. I think it wasn't just