Following the crowd Social norms are (often unspoken) rules or expectations about how people within a given group should behave. Social psychologists have found that people generally choose to conform to the social norms of the groups to which they belong. Deliberately violate a social norm (e.g forming a line when a group is waiting; applauding when a performance is completed; saying ‘excuse me’ if you bump a stranger in a crowded place) and answer the following questions:

Describe the norm you chose to violate and the reaction. Discuss the cultural values that underlie the norm you violated. Why do you think we generally conform to social norms of our culture? How did you learn the social norms of your culture?

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