SOC-1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Linguistic Relativity, General Social Survey, Black Ice
12 Oct 2018
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Norms are the established standards of behaviours maintained by society. For a norm to become significant, it must be widely shared and understood. Norms are principles of social life that everyone is expected to observe. Example: in movie theatres we typically expect that people will be quite while the film is shown. Of course, the application of this norm can vary, depending on the particular film and type of audience. Formal norms: generally have been written down and specify strict punishments for violators (usually they are transformed into laws). Informal norms: generally understood but not precisely recorded (standards of proper dress). Cultural values are these collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable, and proper -- or bad, undesirable, and improper in a culture. They indicate what people in a given culture prefer as well as what they find important and morally right (or wrong).
