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    I experimented with breaking social norms by nursing my baby in a public area without covering myself‚ I ate dinner with my family and only used my hands‚ no utensils and my last violation was getting on an elevator with only one other person and I pushed all of the buttons for all floors. The reactions were not surprising‚ some were quite comical‚ but I found that the reactions to me nursing my son caused me to feel a lot of anger towards some people. It was an enlightening experience to see how

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    the average IQ of society could be considered abnormal. A person with a higher IQ wouldn’t necessarily be considered abnormal‚ but they would be highly regarded for their intelligence. Violating social norms could be classified as abnormal if it violates what is accepted or expected in society. An example of violating what is normal could be a person who is wearing their clothes backwards. It is not necessarily against the law‚ but more unacceptable to society and their standards.

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    How will people react to my violating a cultural behavior norm? Specifically‚ I want to know how people will react to me talking to myself while riding the train. I propose that when I violate a social behavior norm by talking to myself on the train‚ people will respond tome in ways that indicate to me that my behavior is deviant. People will probably look at me strange‚ laugh at me‚ make fun of me‚ and probably more embarrassing things. I performed my norm violation on the CTA Orange Line Train

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    Personal space. All people value this as social boundary and create appropriate norms. As we were assigned this task of violating a social norm in public‚ I began to consider all the strange personal space norms our society and campus holds. For example‚ while riding the bus if there a few people on it‚ you are typically going to sit two seats or more away from one another. However‚ when the bus is packed to the brim‚ which is the only time you are permitted to sit right beside a person or stand

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    Written Assignment #3: Violating Social Norms For this assignment‚ I decided to violate the social norm of not talking on the phone while watching a movie in a movie theater. Before the movie started‚ I texted my sister and asked her to call me during the movie. When she did so‚ I proceeded to have a 2-3 minute conversation with her and spoke loudly so that those around me would notice and be distracted. The people around me in the theater were obviously bothered by my behavior and annoyed. Several

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    The social norm I decided on was to stare at someone for a couple minutes‚ or longer depending how long it took for the other to be aware that they were being watched. I did the assignment in a cashier’s line at Wal-Mart to a woman who looked like she was in her early 50’s. The way I stared‚ to be a bit more descriptive‚ seemed like I was nonchalant or impolite depending on how you viewed the situation. Violating this social norm was awkward and it felt like I was creeping on that lady. The reason

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    Violating a Social Norm The day that this assignment was brought up in class‚ my heart dropped. I am not typically very shy by nature‚ but I hate bringing the wrong kind of attention to myself. I avoid embarrassing myself at all costs. Once I discovered what a social norms actually was‚ I wasn’t as nervous anymore. Social norms are little‚ unwritten rules that are a part of everyday society and culture. They vary depending on where you are‚ but one thing is the same no matter where you go: people

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    11 March 2013 Elevator Norm Violation I recently performed an experiment on a norm violation which had to do with elevators‚ and proper behavior while inside of them. The over all plan of this experiment was to stand facing the corner of the elevator so that no one could see my face as I went up or down. People today usually stand facing the door while riding in an elevator‚ so it was interesting to see peoples reactions as I violated this everyday norm. My hypothesis was that I would not get

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    A norm in society is what people do automatically for society to function. Norms that sociologist have identified include folkways‚ mores‚ taboos and laws. For example‚ shaking someone’s hand in an official meeting or siting with a certain group of people for a whole year in college. In fact‚ for the purpose of this paper‚ I have decided to violate this folkway. By violating the social norm of sitting with people that I know nothing about and just met them for the first time‚ I am violating the social

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