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Breaking a Norm
Title: Breaking a Norm
Category: Social Sciences / Sociology
Details: Words: 1485 | Pages: 6.3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Breaking a Norm
People have their own beliefs and philosophies on what they consider valuable. Every person develops expectations, of what they consider proper. Sociologists call such expectations, norms, rules of behavior that develop out of group's values (Henslin, 2002, P. 45). The norm I chose to break, was the norm of eating certain foods with utensils. On one Saturday evening, I went to a restaurant called Olive Garden. I was dressed properly, and looked well suited for the restaurant …showed first 75 words of 1485 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1485 total…project for Sociology 100 next semester. This project gives us a chance to understand the extent to how people endure a norm being violated. It also helps us understand, how important norms are to certain people. In general, people's values motivate their weaknesses, direct their alternatives, and resolve what we perceive as most important in life. This assignment gave people an opportunity to go all out, and break a norm that they always wanted to break!
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