SO…WHAT IS A NORM YOU ASK?
• NORMS ARE THE SPECIFIC CULTURAL EXPECTATIONS FOR
HOW TO BELIEVE IN A GIVEN SITUATION.
• A NORM EITHER TELLS HOW BEHAVIOR OR FORBIDS IT.
• AS HUMANS , WE ALL FOLLOW CERTAIN NORMS BY WHICH
MAY NOT BE AS SERIOUS AS FAR AS PUNISHMENT GOES FOR
NOT FOLLOWING THE NORM.
• TWO TYPES OF NORMS:
• FOLKWAYS
• MORES
• EXAMPLES: VALUES, BELIEFS, AND KNOWLEDGE
FOLKWAYS?
• FOLKWAYS ARE A SE OF NORMS IN A SOCIAL SYSTEM THAT
GOVERN COMMONLY ACCEPTED PRACTICES, CUSTOMS, AND
HABITS THAT IS NEEDED FOR DAILY LIVING.
• BREAKING OR QUESTIONING A FOLKWAY DOES NOT CAUSE
SEVERE PUNISHMENT BUT MAY CAUSE THE INDIVIDUAL TO BE
LAUGHED AT , OR FROWNED UPON.
WHAT ARE SOME FOLKWAYS YOU ASK?
• WEARING GENDER APPROPRIATE CLOTHING
• RESPECTING OTHERS PRIVACY
• EATING FOOD WITH THE PROPER UTENSILS
• WEARING THE APPROPRIATE CLOTHING FOR
CERTAIN EVENTS SUCH AS FUNERALS, SCHOOL, AND
WORK
• LASTLY SAYING PLEASE AND THANK YOU!
MORES OR NAH!
• MORES ARE STRICT NORMS THAT CONTROL MORAL AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR.
• THEY ARE BASED ON WHAT'S RIGHT AND WRONG!
• THEY ARE MORALLY SIGNIFICANT
• VIOLATING MORES RESULTS IN DISAPPROVAL
• MORES ARE MORE STRICTLY IN FORCED
EXAMPLES JUST TO NAME A FEW……
• RELIGIOUS DOCTRINES
• MURDER
• USAGE OF DRUGS IN SCHOOL
• WEAPONS IN SCHOOL
• FRAUD
• THEFT-SHOPLIFTING & ROBBING
COMPARING FOLKWAYS AND & MORES :
• THEY BOTH ARE INFORMAL RULES TO THE WAY WE LIVE
• THEY ARE BOTH LOOKED AT TO NOT BE VIOLATED , HOWEVER THEY ARE.
• ALL THREE OF THESE TERMS DEAL WITH BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS , IN WHICH CONTENT MAY CHANGE
WITHIN ANY GIVEN SOCIETY AND THEY WILL VARY WITH DIFFERING CULTURES.
DIFFERENCES:
• IN A NUTSHELL, FOLKWAYS ARE NOT AS IMPORTANT AND SERIOUS AS MORES.
• YOU CAN END UP HAVING A SERIOUS PUNISHMENT IF YOU DO NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF A MORE.
• FOLKWAYS MAY JUST ONLY MAKE YOU FEEL BAD (UNLESS YOU’RE COMPLETELY HEARTLESS TO CERTAIN
SITUATIONS.
MULTIMEDIA:
• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=QMJ0O_A14BM
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