3'3 Norms and Values

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3.3 Norms and Values

• Norms rules defining appropriate and
  inappropriate behavior.
• Norms help guide social behavior.
• Cultural Etiquette In Saudi Arabia it is
  inappropriate to sit with the soles of your shoes
  showing.

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• Folkways Norms that lack moral significance.
• -Talking loudly in quiet places.
• Mores Norms that have moral dimensions and that
  should be followed by members of a society.
• -Able bodied men should work for a living.
• Taboo a rule of behavior, the violation of which
  calls for strong punishment.
• -Incest

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• Law A norm that is formally defined and
  enforced by officials.
• -folkways and mores emerge slowly and are often
  unconsciously created, while laws are consciously
  created and enforced.
• Example Smoking
• Silly Laws Still On The Books
• -It is illegal to step out of a plane in flight
  in Maine.
• -It is illegal to play cards on trains in New
  York.
• -It is illegal to whistle underwater in Vermont.

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Enforcing the Rules

• Sanctions Rewards and punishments used to
  encourage people to follow norms.
• Can be formal/informal
• Values The Basis for Norms
• Values Broad ideas about what is good or
  desirable shared by people in a society.
• What are Basic Values in The US?