How normative behavior shape perception
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Deviant is from deviate, which means to convert away from. Therefore, deviant behavior “turns away” or offends from agreeable social behavior.
William Graham Sumner, a sociologist, stated that deviance is a violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law (1906). It can be as simple as nose-picking in public or as equal as committing murder. Things like Tattoos, the lifestyle of the vegan, single parenthood, implanting of breasts, jogging were regarded as deviant but are now widely accepted.
It does not matter if an act is labeled deviant or not depends on many factors, such as location, audience, and the individual committing the act (Becker 1963)
Studies show that the community will often personate in ways uniform with how they are treated. Therefore, treating someone correspondingly to a stereotype will probably exhibit conducts that ascertain the stereotype. This is known as a self-fulfilling stereotype. The more often we believe our prejudices have been validated, the more they shape our behavior and attitudes in patterned ways that reflect those stereotypes.
For instance, Zombie drew skull tattoos on his body to scare people and push away people in his life but instead, people were more drawn to him, and his perception about himself changed, and he started loving himself more.
We decide how to act from time to time by the information we assemble through our perception, hearing, sentiment, smelling, and experience. This information is prioritized, categorized, advanced, and determined by our lump of gray matter against a given set of esteem that lump has approved and embraced as “norm.”
My norm transforms to be a little distinct from some other community’s norm, which is all nice as long as the community has consideration for that other person’s right to discern stuff as their lump has determined against their own unmatched “norm.” As norms vary across culture and time, it makes sense that notions of deviance change also. Fifty years ago, public schools in the United States had strict dress codes that, among other stipulations, often banned women from wearing pants to class. Today, its socially acceptable for women to wear pants, but less so for men to wear skirts.
Now we get a slight bungle up when some folks attempt and flow stuff like Do you know my norm is more deformed than your norm, so you should do as I would like” kind of thing or, ” my norm is the only way” or even “it is my norm, or you perish.” Now we get distressed because others want us to do whatever they want us to.
So for there to be direct, it’s all about consideration for others, view it however you like, have fun! But also consider that others must have that equal right and if it’s not proportionate all around if one’s norm hinders another’s right to have his norm as he would, then instead of the norm, we will just recognize arguments.
Studies show that we treat neighbors and also strangers according to our perception; for instance, if a stranger is beautiful, we treat them warmly as we expect them to be fun; if the stranger is not appealing, we tend to treat them cold-heartedly, thus affects the perception of the strangers about themselves as the more appealing stranger will be happier than the latter.
