Violating the Norm- Sitting with Strangers South University What happens when someone invades your personal space? Especially when this person is someone you’ve never met or seen before? Does it matter if this person is black‚ white‚ male‚ female‚ young or old? We’ll I’m going to try an experiment on a few unsuspecting people sitting and enjoying their afternoon in the food court at the mall; to see what and how they react to me sitting next to or across from them. In today’s day and
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Breaking social norms seems to be a common assignment among high school and college professors‚ as I have done this assignment twice already‚ with varying results each time. I hate making myself known to people‚ and often stick to the shadows to avoid drama or human interaction. Depending on who I am with‚ however‚ I can be ridiculous and outgoing. My focus then is shifted to making the other person laugh. Having fun boosts my confidence‚ which is why I chose my partner in crime carefully. An assignment
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What Are Japan’s Main Physical Features? As you can see Japan is split into four main islands. We have: Hokkaido (North) Honshu (West) Shikoku (East) Kyushu (South) As you can see‚ they are all located on the map (left). The northern part of Japan (Hokkaido) is seen to be remote and fairly mountainous. Snow-capped peaks cover the centre of the Hokkaido. Winters are extremely cold with substantial snowfall. The western island‚ Honshu is said to be mountainous‚ with very little flat land
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In a normal functioning society‚ people are expected to behave and respect social norms. A norm is a set of informal understandings which regulate the behavior of members of a society (Norms). Norms are accepted by groups of members in a society. Folkways are norms that are experienced by all members of society in our daily lives. If a folkway is broken or‚ society does not make a significant outcome of it. It is still noticed by members. For Example‚ People wait in lines to purchase goods in every
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Breaking Cultural Norms Paper Cultural norms are established standards of behavior maintained by society. For a norm to be significant it must be widely shared and understood. Such behaviors are learned from parents‚ elders‚ teachers‚ and many others whose values are in the context of a specific culture. When faced with others expectations regarding our own behavior‚ we have a tendency to typically do what is expected. I decided to do the unexpected and break a cultural norm. The cultural norm I chos
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social norms‚ or “rules of behavior‚” (Henslin‚ 2011‚ p. 49). Social norms are determined based upon people’s values‚ or “their ideas of what is desirable in life‚” (Henslin‚ 2011‚ p. 49). However‚ these norms are often violated in different ways. Some of these violations are mild‚ others can be extreme and can cause either a positive or negative effect on society. A folkway would be an example of a mild violation because it’s “not strictly enforced‚” (Henslin‚ 2011‚ p. 51). A more extreme norm violation
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Breaking of a Social Norm Part I: 1. Walked on the right side of the hallway 14. I stopped at a red light 2. Carried my books at my hip 15. I went at a green light 3. Left a tip for the waiter at Las Chalupas 16. I wore shoes in public 4. Chewed with my mouth closed 17. I drank out of a glass 5. Called someone when I was running late 18. I turned on a light in the room
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Breaking Norm Paper #1— Hey! Wanna hang out? Whether it’s the way we behave in public‚ the way we dress before we step out of the house‚ or even the people we choose to talk to on a daily basis‚ people are governed or influenced by the way society has shaped them. Furthermore‚ we are controlled by social norms‚ values that tell us how to behave‚ which explain why we choose to socialize and spend time with the people that we do (Conley 91). In the American culture‚ most people nowadays are in their
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Everyone in life grows up with their own distinct family values and family norms. According to James Henslin‚ values are the standards by which people define what is desirable or undesirable to them‚ and norms are the expectations of what is “right‚” which develop from our own values. The way people determine what is right or wrong are by the sanctions they receive‚ which are the expressions of approval or disapproval for what they have done. All societies in the world develop their own expectations
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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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