Deviation From Social Norms

Question 1

What is deviation from social norms?

Answer 1

Behaviour that goes against unwritten rules/expectations in society
—> Make collective judgement about society about what’s right/wrong

Question 2

What is a strength for deviation from social norms?

Answer 2

Social norms consider age
• Child having a tantrum wouldn’t be abnormal but an adult would
—> Takes into account important
factors

Question 3

What is a limitation about deviation from social norms? (Time)

Answer 3

Social norms vary with time
• Homosexuality was illegal up until 1967
—> Limited as they are constantly
changing

Question 4

What is a limitation about deviation from social norms? (Cultural)

Answer 4

Social norms vary across cultures; no universal agreement
• Culturally specific
—> Western cultures, hearing voices
associated w mental disorders
—> Other cultures hearing voices in
common and not unusual