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12 Cards in this Set
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What is a NORM
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A guideline or an expectation for behavior
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How do Norms differ?
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1. Different Settings
2. Different Countries 3. Different time periods |
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List the 4 norm categories
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1. Folkways
2. Mores 3. Laws 4. Taboos |
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Folkways
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A norm for everyday behavior that people follow for the sake of convenience or tradition.
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Mores
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Norm based on Morality- dfinitions of right or wrong.
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Laws
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A norm that is written down and enforced by an official agency. Voilation has a specific punishment.
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Taboos
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A norm society holds so strongly that violating it results in extreme disgust.
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Deviance
Where there are rules there are rule breakers. |
Violation of a norm, anyone who does not fiollow a norm, in either a good way or a bad way
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Social Control
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Methods societies devise to encorage people to observe norms.
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saction
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Method for maintaining social control.
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Positive Sanctions
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Rewards someone for following a norm and serves to encourage the continuace of a certain type of behavior.
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Negatice Sanctions
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Ways a socity or group uses to communicate thta they do not aopprove of a particular behavior.
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