social norm
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
is a kind of - category
is related to - moral norms
is related to - strong prohibitive norms
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
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.
- What are social norms, how do they form and how are they enforced, according to social science? definition
- Which culture or setting is meant? boundary
Kinds
Kinds of norms.
Kinds
Kinds.
- How do etiquette, dress codes, religious clothing norms and workplace norms differ, described in the terms of the communities that hold them? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific kind? action
Navigate Navigating norms.
Practice.
Cultures
Across cultures.
Cultures
Cultures.
- What norms apply in this cultural or professional setting, and how can visitors behave respectfully? provenance
- Is the presentation respectful and attributed? boundary
Change
Changing norms.
Change
Change.
- How do norms change, and how can groups deliberately shift them, according to research? provenance
- Which entry fits social change? action
Debate Contested norms.
Attribution.
Contested
Contested norms.
Contested
Contested.
- Which norms such as gendered dress codes are contested, and what have courts and advocates said, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Law
Norms and law.
Law
Law.
- How do laws such as anti-discrimination law limit or codify social norms? provenance
- Is legal advice needed from a professional? boundary
Learn Theory and teaching.
Education.
Theory
Theories of norms.
Theory
Theory.
- How do sociology, psychology and economics theorise norms and conformity? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can social norms be taught with cross-cultural examples? action
- 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?