Deviation from social norms
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- Created on: 22-05-17 13:52
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- Social norms - The explicit and implicit rules that specify what forms of behaviour, beliefs and attitudes are acceptable within a given society
- Deviation from social norms - Behabviour that does not follow accepted patterns or unwritten social rules. Such violations are considered abnormal.These norms vary fron culture to culture and from era to era
- Explicit rules include: You must not steal
- Implicit rules include: Don't talk negatively about your friends
- Many people labelled as clinically abnormal behave in a socailly deviant way (e.g. those with…
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