what are norms?

Answer 1

Norms are expectations about appropriate conduct which serve as common guidelines for social action....example eating, sleeping, walking and talking are all norms in our everyday life

Answer 2

A norm is the center of a statistical curve, generally a bell-shaped curve where the majority of people or things fall in the center, and there are fewer and fewer as you go to the extremes. You certainly have seen the curve to describe such statistically complex concepts as intelligence -- the infamous IQ.

Norms are of limited usefulness in determining how you should live your own life. They may tell you something about other people's reactions to your personal way, but nothing about what it is or should be. It should be who you really are, personally, by your own choices.

"It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Answer 3

Norms, short for 'Normals'.
can be used in many ways
the norms, are like the 'means' or averages
norms of behaviour are standards and ethics of the average citizen

Answer 4

I thought a Norm was a large chap who sat at the end of a bar in Boston...

Answer 5

Norms are behaviours which are percieved as approved by other people, they are human standards which are expected from a normal human being. Any deviation may lead to social sanctioning, possibly by law.

Answer 6

Norms are the standards by which specific human activities are approved or condemned.

Answer 7

Norms are what mainstream society that you live in, says is "normal." However one must remember that different cultures have different thoughts on what is acceptable and normal.

Answer 8

Norms are what mainstream soceity says is "normal." This means that they're societal expectations on how one is supposed to act and behave in life.

Answer 9

Extinct

Answer 10

Socially agreed upon behavior by a particular cultural group.