Chapter Two (Culture Section 3) Flashcards
Shared rules or guidelines that prescribe the behavior appropriate in a given situation:
Norms
Established standards of behavior maintained by a society:
Norms
Define how people “ought” to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society:
Norms
Ensure that social life proceeds smoothly, for they give us guidelines for our behavior and reliable expectations for the behavior of others. There is always strong social pressure on people to conform:
Norms
For a norm to become significant, it must be ______ _____ and _____:
Widely shared; understood
What is right or normal of what ought to be:
Prescriptive Norms
What is wrong or abnormal of what ought not to be:
Proscriptive Norms
Generally written down and involve strict rules for punishment of violators:
Formal Norms
Generally understood but are not precisely recorded:
Informal Norms
Norms governing every behavior:
Folkways
Define socially approved/disapproved behavior, but they don’t reflect a sense of moral obligation. Penalties are relatively mild and include ridicule and ostracism:
Folkways
Norms deemed highly necessary to the welfare of a society, often because they embody the most cherished principles of a people:
Mores
Each society demands obedience to its ____; violation can lead to severe penalties. Some have been institutionalized into formal norms:
Mores
Formal norms that are enforced by the state. Governmental social control:
Laws
Include formalized and codified rules stipulated by courts of law and coercively enforced by control agents:
Laws
