In society we have these strict expectations that influence our behaviors. Such expectations can change depending on how you were raised, but society plays an important role in it as well. Each one of us has a part in these social roles, and we can change, social roles and our own behaviors in order to fit in. Social norms are rules which are laid out for us and are guidelines for our behavior that we choose. Most of the time these norms help us understand and anticipate what people will do. In a society like ours, we need social norms to appropriately make sense of peoples actions.
My assignment in psychology was to violate a social norm. Just thinking about this task makes me feel uncomfortable and it's