Norms can be differentiated or even be violated when it is practice in distinct cultures. Human cultural development helps the evolution of social norms. For instance, the Laujes share food as the matter of course in their daily life. According to Eric Gable’s Anthropology and Egalitarianism, the Laujes believe sharing is to show one’s fidelity to the anima of Land and Water. Similarly, eating from other peoples’ plates is a social norm in Taiwan. In contrast, it seems to be a violation in the United States’ society. In Eastern cultures, sharing food with people is consider as caring and unselfishness. Despite, every parent teaches their kids the course of sharing is caring, our religious beliefs also shape the social norm we practice. To
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I sat in Marciano Commons with my friend. We began the violation by eating the pasta without asking each other’s permission. Under observation, the students around includes people from different countries due to the languages they spoke. This factor affected the result because their backgrounds differentiated their thoughts on this action. A group of Chinese girls encountered this situation as a social norm because of similar Eastern cultures and religious beliefs. On the other hand, one of the white domestic students had observe the violation as an infringement from his facial reactions. Normally, in Western cultures food is distributed equally to everyone. Therefore, people will dine the plates they order and without interfering each other. In fact, dining hall may not be a decent option to do this observational experiment. Public restaurants such as Atlantic Fish Company and B.Good will give better pictures of peoples’ reactions to this norm …show more content…
Inside the restaurant, the majority of people are Asians or Asian Americans. However, there are still people from distinct countries. Eastern cuisine was often made to share with a group of people. Therefore, to violate the norm I take my friend’s food from her bowl. It seems to be an abnormal action in the dining hall and Atlantic Fish Company. People in the Taiwanese restaurant did not show any verbal or nonverbal reactions to our violation. This is not to inform any social racism. In fact, social norms will also be adapted according to the culture and style of the restaurant. Food represents a lot about a person’s
I sat in Marciano Commons with my friend. We began the violation by eating the pasta without asking each other’s permission. Under observation, the students around includes people from different countries due to the languages they spoke. This factor affected the result because their backgrounds differentiated their thoughts on this action. A group of Chinese girls encountered this situation as a social norm because of similar Eastern cultures and religious beliefs. On the other hand, one of the white domestic students had observe the violation as an infringement from his facial reactions. Normally, in Western cultures food is distributed equally to everyone. Therefore, people will dine the plates they order and without interfering each other. In fact, dining hall may not be a decent option to do this observational experiment. Public restaurants such as Atlantic Fish Company and B.Good will give better pictures of peoples’ reactions to this norm …show more content…
Inside the restaurant, the majority of people are Asians or Asian Americans. However, there are still people from distinct countries. Eastern cuisine was often made to share with a group of people. Therefore, to violate the norm I take my friend’s food from her bowl. It seems to be an abnormal action in the dining hall and Atlantic Fish Company. People in the Taiwanese restaurant did not show any verbal or nonverbal reactions to our violation. This is not to inform any social racism. In fact, social norms will also be adapted according to the culture and style of the restaurant. Food represents a lot about a person’s