Deviation From Social Norms
Deviation from social norms mind map.
- Created by: Rajvin Johal
- Created on: 18-11-12 11:25
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- Deviation From Social Norms
- AO1
- Any behaviour that does not follow accepted social patterns or social rules.
- If these rules are broken, it can be regarded as abnormal behaviour and would be classed as unaccepable
- Wearing no clothes in public can be an example
- Norms, values and accepted ways to behave vary from one culture to the next
- Also from one time period to the next
- Norms, values and accepted ways to behave vary from one culture to the next
- Also from one time period to the next
- If these rules are broken, it can be regarded as abnormal behaviour and would be classed as unaccepable
- Any behaviour that does not follow accepted social patterns or social rules.
- AO2
- Disadvantages
- It does not always clearly indicate that a person has a psychological abnormality.
- Psychologists must be cautious when making judgements about whether deviation from social norms implies that someone is abnormal or just odd/eccentric
- Streakers are odd and their behaviour does deviate from social norms, this doesn't make them mentally disturbed
- Especially when you're just judging their behaviour alone
- Streakers are odd and their behaviour does deviate from social norms, this doesn't make them mentally disturbed
- Psychologists must be cautious when making judgements about whether deviation from social norms implies that someone is abnormal or just odd/eccentric
- Context needs to be taken into account
- Wearing no clothes in highstreet is odd
- Wearing no clothes in a nude beach is normal
- It does not always clearly indicate that a person has a psychological abnormality.
- Advantages
- People may have chosen a non-conformist lifestyle.
- They may want to be more individual and more unique
- People may have chosen a non-conformist lifestyle.
- Disadvantages
- AO1
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