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Norms
Norms Def.
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English
Undergraduate 1
11/08/2012

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Term
Norms
Definition
shared guidelines that prescribe the appropriate behavior in a particular situation.
Term
Socialization
Definition
the education of individual in society's customs and beliefs through the family, school, professional organizations.
Term
folkways
Definition
the ordinary rules of everday life.
Term
mores
Definition

much more powerful Norms, are treated more seriously

EX.Theft, Rape, Murder.

Term
Taboo
Definition
A powerful prohibition against acts that society considers loathsome
Term
laws
Definition
simply a rule of conduct that a society has offically recorded and that is enforced by the power of the state
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