Norms In Society

Being Human in society means that we must behave certain ways and live up to other’s expectations. When we don’t live up to society’s expectations we are judged and treated different; some are even killed or sentenced to years in prison. We are required to meet certain standards in order to be respected such as shaking a person’s right hand when you first meet them or saying “please” and “thank you” when you give or receive from others. Established standards of behavior persistent within society are called norms, which play an important role in our social structure. As individuals, we have different values which are concepts of what we consider good and bad in our culture. Folkways, norms that control our everyday behaviors, affect the …show more content…
My mom, my sister, and I were at Valley Plaza mall at the food court. While we were eating a young man started screaming from the outside, he ran inside the building, and jumped on top of a table and began singing and dancing from side to side. When my mom saw this man acting abnormal she reacted a bit frightened but mostly worried. Most people stopped talking and eating. Everyone in line turned around to look at this young man and employees also stopped what they were doing. After about 1 minute of this man singing and dancing, the mall security escorted him out and everyone went back to what they were doing. The result of him being escorted out of the food court was a sanction, which is the penalty he received as an outcome of his norm violation. About 2 minutes after the incident, mostly everyone seemed to normally carry along with their conversations. However, some were whispering to each other or they left the food court. This young man’s actions scared some people away. His behavior in a public food court was an educate norm violation because he was being very loud. It was a public disturbance act and people reacted in different