Evaluation for deviation from social norms

Question 1

Evaluation

cultural relativism

Answer 1

• problem»>social norms vary tremendously form one generation to another
• person from one cultural group =may label someone from another cultural group as being abnormal according to their standards rather than the standards of the person behaving that way
• creates problems for ppl from one culture living withing another culture

Question 2

Evaluation

deviance is related to context and degree

Answer 2

-making judgements on deviance=is related to the context of a behaviour
E.G person = wearing next to nothing on a beach= normal
HE the same outfit = formal gathering= would be regarded as abnormal
-social deviance on its own cannot offer complete definition of abnormality&raquo_space;»> inevitably related to context and degree

Question 3

Evaluation

social norms vs statistical norms

Answer 3

-STRENGTH= deviation from social norms approach =includes the issue of desirability of the behaviour
*statistical desirability does not take into account desirability
E>G genius is statistically abnormal&raquo_space;>but we would not want to include that in our definition of abnormal behaviours
-^^^^social norms can be more useful than statistical norms