1. Norms and Values
Chapter 3
Section 3

2. Norms (DEF) Rules defining appropriate and inappropriate behavior
EX. School, Church, Work
Folkways = Norms that lack moral significance
Not considered vital to group welfare
EX.

3. Norms
Mores = Norms that have a moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of society.
Strong approval or disapproval in society
Ex.
Taboo = Rule of behavior, violation of which calls for strong punishment
EX. Bomb on an airplane

4. Norms Law = Norm that is formally defined and enforces by officials
Silly Laws (Print out)
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Mores Vs Laws
Mores emerge more slowly and unconsciously created
Laws are consciously created and enforced

5. How are norms enforced?
Sanctions = Rewards or Punishments used to encourage people to follow norms.
Informal Sanctions = Rewards or Punishments that can be applied by most members of a group
Formal Sanctions = Rewards or Punishments that are imposed by a person with special authority

6. Values
(DEF) Broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a society.
Values have tremendous influence on human social behavior
They are so general that they can be involved in most aspects of life

7. 6 Basic Values of the United States
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Writing Prompt
Which value does not fit anymore and why, which value would you replace it with and why?

8. Beliefs and Material and Non-Material Culture
Beliefs = Ideas about the nature of reality.
Beliefs are important because people base their behavior off what they believe regardless of how true of false they are

9. Material and Non-Materials Culture
Non-Material Culture = Ideas, knowledge, and beliefs that influence people’s behavior.
EX.
Material Culture = Concrete tangible objects
Meanings are based on (NORMS, VALUES, AND BELIEFS).