2006-11-05 07:44:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
Nothing. Everyone's definitions and interpretations are different.
2006-11-05 07:47:41 · answer #1 · answered by Shifter 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Normal is, and always has been what the majority of a group collectively agree on as acceptable behaviour. Anything that contradicts the group is considered abnormal.
Many people feel that what is considered "normal" is changing. This would be true due to the fact that the social group to which they belong is changing, and therefore the groups values and therefore definition of "normal" is changing.
2006-11-05 23:42:12 · answer #2 · answered by uraniumsteel 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would think that for all life forms (plant & animal), normal is to function as Mother Nature intended. To survive, adapt and reproduce. For people: 1. Physically to be consistently mobil would be 'normal'. 2. Mentally to be able to communitcate, rationalize, analize & conclude would be 'normal'. Obviously, what I might rationalize, analize or conclude could differ from you as day is night. Neither would be abnormal though. To communicate one person may yell & scream, while another speaks softly. They both communicate, neither is abnormal. (One of them just has a really rotten way of communicating - lol.) That you are asking this question bespeaks of you as a very normal person. That's good. I'm glad you didn't ask what is abnormal. That's a tougher question. Uh Oh- It's past my nap time. Good Luck, Mike
2006-11-05 16:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by ccmike45 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" sort of speaks to the same idea. Crab fishermen go into work with the chance that they may not come home. For him, thats normal. Now, someone who works at a McDonalds doesn't walk into work worrying about whether or not he will walk out of there alive. So it depends on which way you're looking at it.
2006-11-05 15:54:36 · answer #4 · answered by sf_webb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
would be anything, what"s normal for you may not be necessarily
be normal you me , to each it"s own
2006-11-05 15:53:54 · answer #5 · answered by elizabeth_davis28 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The numbers 4,5,6,7, and if that makes sense, you could be normal...lots of luck!
2006-11-05 15:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by sunshine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
weird is the new normal
2006-11-05 15:52:10 · answer #7 · answered by simple_idealist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll be darn if I know anymore....It use to mean ..within the norm value.
2006-11-05 15:51:39 · answer #8 · answered by R W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
normal is what you are not
2006-11-06 21:21:49 · answer #9 · answered by maidenautumn 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋