Norms

 Norms

what is expected of people; the expectations or rules intended to guide people's behavior. 
Norms make social life possible by making behavior predictable. Without norms, we would have social chaos. Norms lay out the basic guidelines for how we should play our roles and interact with others

6.1.3: How Norms Make Social Life Possible

 Norms make social life possible by making behavior predictable

No human group can exist without norms: Norms make social life possible by making behavior predictable. 

What would life be like if you could not predict what others would do?

 Imagine for a moment that you have gone to a store to purchase milk:

Suppose the clerk says, “I won’t sell you any milk.

 We’re overstocked with soda, and I’m not going to sell anyone milk until our soda inventory is reduced.”

 You don’t like it, but you decide to buy a case of soda. 

At the checkout, the clerk says, “I hope you don’t mind, but there’s a $5 service charge on every fifteenth customer.” 

You, of course, are the fifteenth. 

Just as you start to leave, another clerk stops you and says, “We’re not working anymore.

 We decided to have a party.” Suddenly a CD begins to blast, and everyone in the store starts to dance. 

“Oh, good, you’ve brought the soda,” says a different clerk, who takes your package and passes sodas all around. 

Life is not like this, of course. You can depend on grocery clerks to sell you milk.

 You can also depend on paying the same price as everyone else and not being forced to attend a party in a store. 

Why can you depend on this? Because we live in a world of norms that govern the behavior of both store clerks and ourselves. 

We are socialized to follow norms, to play the basic roles that society assigns to us. 

Violating background assumptions is a common form of deviance. 

Although we have no explicit rule that says, “Do not put snakes through your nose,” we all know that it exists (perhaps as a subcategory of “Don’t do strange things in public”). 

Is this act also deviant for this man in Chennai, India? Credit: Babu/Reuters Without norms, we would have social chaos.

Without norms, we would have social chaos. Norms lay out the basic guidelines for how we should play our roles and interact with others. In short, norms bring about social order, a group’s customary social arrangements. Our lives are based on these arrangements, which is why deviance often is perceived as threatening: Deviance undermines predictability, the foundation of social life. 

Consequently, human groups developed a system of social control—formal and informal means of enforcing norms. At the center of social control are sanctions.

brag·ging

 brag·ging

[ˈbraɡiNG]

NOUN

1. excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions:

   "she interrupted their endless bragging" · 

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ADJECTIVE

1. exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness:

   "a competitive, bragging culture" · "we became involved in a lively bragging session"

ex·ploit

 ex·ploit

[exploit]

VERB

exploits (third person present)

1. make full use of and derive benefit from (a resource):

   "500 companies sprang up to exploit this new technology"

   synonyms:

   utilize · make use of · put to use · use · use to good advantage · 

   [more]

NOUN

exploits (plural noun)

1. a bold or daring feat:

   "the most heroic and secretive exploits of the war"

   synonyms:

   feat · deed · act · adventure · stunt · escapade · maneuver · enterprise · undertaking · move · achievement · accomplishment · attainment · triumph · handiwork
2. a software tool designed to take advantage of a flaw in a computer system, typically for malicious purposes such as installing malware:

   "if someone you don't know tweets you a link, it's either spam, an exploit, or probably both"

SCOUT

 The Purpose of Scouting. Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Chapter 6

Burly-strongly and heavily built

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What did primitive mean?

: belonging to or characteristic of an early stage of development : crude, rudimentary

primitive 

 

Dis6 ( Extra Credit) - Discussion #6 - My Race and Ethnicity

This discussion assignment has 1 part , and is NOT a mandatory, graded class assignment.  You must complete for a maximum of 3 extra credit points. 

No late work accepted under any circumstances... discussion board will close at 11:59 pm on the deadline date.  WRITE THE WORD COUNT AT END OF EACH RESPONSE.... NO WORD COUNT....NO FULL CREDIT

1.  ( 3 pts max)   Please write a 150-200 word response to the questions(s) below.  Responses less than 150 words will receive reduced credit.  This should be in your own words, using your own thoughts and ideas.  DO NOT RESEARCH for these questions, and do not give statistics, or information from other sources. Do not paraphrase or cite other sources.  ANSWER ALL PARTS OF THE QUESTION(S) FOR FULL CREDIT CONSIDERATION.      Hit "reply" button to submit an original response

For you personally, how do you construct your racial/ethnic identity?  How much is based upon how you look?  How much is based upon what your family claims as family history?  How much is based upon genetic / DNA testing? Please explain how you would describe yourself or how you see yourself in terms of race and ethnicity?

( remember to write a minimum of 150 words, and write an accurate word count at end of response)

 

NO RESPONSE TO CLASSMATE REQUIRED.....SINCE THIS IS EXTRA CREDIT

Please remember...NO LATE POSTINGS ALLOWED.   Students have multiple days to complete this assignment, so loss of power, loss of internet, and broken technology is NEVER an excuse for missing deadlines88 replies.