Norms and values

Question 1

Definition of ‘norms?’

Answer 1

• Expected/normal patterns of behaviour
• Socially enforced through primary and secondary socialisation.
• Moral guides
• Vary between cultures
• Followed by most naturally

Question 2

Example of norms?

Answer 2

• Wearing clothes

Question 3

Definition of values?

Answer 3

• Beliefs and ideas society deems important
• Encourage goo behaviour.
• Moral guides
• Accepted by the majority.
• Things we strive to achieve
• Vary between clutures

Question 4

Examples of values?

Answer 4

• Respect
• Ambition
• Compassion

Question 5

How do norms and values link?

Answer 5

• The reason we perform certain behaviour is because we hold certain beliefs.
• E.G. value of ‘respect’ leads to norm of listening and obeying teachers

Question 6

Real-life example of norms and values?

Answer 6

• Margret Mead (1935)=
• Southern Ethiopia
• Study of male and females roles
• Found both to be gentle and cooperative (feminine)
• Very different to British culture