3.3 Norms and Values • Norms: rules defining

appropriate and inappropriate behavior.

Norms help guide social behavior.

Cultural Etiquette: In Saudi Arabia it is inappropriate to sit with the soles of your shoes showing.

• Folkways: Norms that lack moral significance.

-Talking loudly in quiet places.

Mores: Norms that have moral dimensions and that should be followed by members of a society.

-Able bodied men should work for a living.

• Taboo: a rule of behavior, the violation of which calls for strong punishment.

-Incest

• Law: A norm that is formally defined and enforced by officials.

-folkways and mores emerge slowly and are often unconsciously created, while laws are consciously created and enforced.

Example: Smoking

Silly Laws Still On The Books:-It is illegal to step out of a plane in

flight in Maine.-It is illegal to play cards on trains in

New York.-It is illegal to whistle underwater in

Vermont.

Enforcing the Rules

Sanctions: Rewards and punishments used to encourage people to follow norms.

Can be formal/informal

Values – The Basis for Norms

Values: Broad ideas about what is good or desirable shared by people in a society.

What are Basic Values in The US?