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Norms, Values & customs
Culture: a broad concept which encompasses the norms, values, customs,
traditions, habits, skills and beliefs within a group of People
Norms are the shared expectations of behaviour in a specific culture
If values are abstract rules shared within a culture, norms are the behaviours
people within that culture are expected to exhibit
Types of norms:
Folkways → socially approved behaviour without moral significance
mores → norms of morality, often based on religion
Taboo → widely prohibited + Forbidden within a culture
Laws → formal rules enacted by the state, most taboos are enacted into law
Examples of norms in Britain:
thanking bus drivers ‘you alright?’
queuing love for football
drinking weather talk
apologising Sunday roasts
scary amount of love for the hand gestures
monarchy
Wetherspoons <3
hating Birmingham
Norms and values are socially constructed
Functionalists argue that norms and values reflect those of society
⮩ value consensus
Critical t
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Norms, Values & customs
Culture: a broad concept which encompasses the norms, values, customs,
traditions, habits, skills and beliefs within a group of People
Norms are the shared expectations of behaviour in a specific culture
If values are abstract rules shared within a culture, norms are the behaviours
people within that culture are expected to exhibit
Types of norms:
Folkways → socially approved behaviour without moral significance
mores → norms of morality, often based on religion
Taboo → widely prohibited + Forbidden within a culture
Laws → formal rules enacted by the state, most taboos are enacted into law
Examples of norms in Britain:
thanking bus drivers ‘you alright?’
queuing love for football
drinking weather talk
apologising Sunday roasts
scary amount of love for the hand gestures
monarchy
Wetherspoons <3
hating Birmingham
Norms and values are socially constructed
Functionalists argue that norms and values reflect those of society
⮩ value consensus
Critical t
Norms, Values & customs 1
