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social norm

vr.tr.social-norm · INF.KNW

Let an agent explain social norms and how they form and change, describe kinds such as dress codes and etiquette across cultures with attribution, present debates about contested norms neutrally, and support cultural understanding.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain social norms and how they form and change, describe kinds such as dress codes and etiquette across cultures with attribution, present debates about contested norms neutrally, and support cultural understanding.

An informal or formal rule shared by a group about how members should behave in given situations, including customs, etiquette, dress codes such as requirements for ties or formal shoes, religious clothing norms, and norms of speech and conduct, enforced through approval, disapproval and sanctions rather than law; social norms shape conformity and identity, vary across cultures and change over time, and are studied in sociology, psychology and economics, with some norms contested as discriminatory.

What it is for: Shared rules of group behaviour.

It can be explain formation and change; describe kinds across cultures; present debates neutrally; support cultural understanding.

Distinguishing features

Shared expectation

Social enforcement

Cultural variation

Change over time

What it looks like

Not physical; expectations and practices.

How it is recognised

Shared behavioural expectation enforced socially

Customs, etiquette, dress codes

A law is enforced by the state; a personal habit is not shared

Related models

is a kind of - category

rule

is a kind of - category

conformity

is related to - moral norms

morality

is related to - strong prohibitive norms

taboo

In practice

Families and kinds

etiquette and manners

dress codes and clothing norms

religious and community norms

workplace and institutional norms

online and emerging norms

Standards and regulation

Anti-discrimination law limiting some dress codes

Workplace policies

No regulation of norms as such

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting one culture norms as universal

Endorsing discriminatory norms

Confusing norms with laws

Also called

Christian clothingdress codetie requiredHigh heel policyWestern dress codetestimony of simplicitycultural taboosocial conventioncommunity standardsgood faith

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What social norms are.

Sociology.

Concept

Concept and formation.

Concept

Concept.

  1. What are social norms, how do they form and how are they enforced, according to social science? definition
  2. Which culture or setting is meant? boundary

Kinds

Kinds of norms.

Kinds

Kinds.

  1. How do etiquette, dress codes, religious clothing norms and workplace norms differ, described in the terms of the communities that hold them? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific kind? action
Navigate Navigating norms.

Practice.

Cultures

Across cultures.

Cultures

Cultures.

  1. What norms apply in this cultural or professional setting, and how can visitors behave respectfully? provenance
  2. Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary

Change

Changing norms.

Change

Change.

  1. How do norms change, and how can groups deliberately shift them, according to research? provenance
  2. Which entry fits social change? action
Debate Contested norms.

Attribution.

Contested

Contested norms.

Contested

Contested.

  1. Which norms such as gendered dress codes are contested, and what have courts and advocates said, with positions attributed? provenance
  2. Is the presentation neutral? boundary

Law

Norms and law.

Law

Law.

  1. How do laws such as anti-discrimination law limit or codify social norms? provenance
  2. Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Learn Theory and teaching.

Education.

Theory

Theories of norms.

Theory

Theory.

  1. How do sociology, psychology and economics theorise norms and conformity? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Teach

Teaching.

Teach

Teaching.

  1. How can social norms be taught with cross-cultural examples? action
  2. Which misconceptions arise? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should dress codes be a separate entry?
  • How should cross-cultural resources be linked?
  • How should legal cases on norms be attributed?