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GCSE Psychology · key term
An expectation about acceptable behaviour within a social group.
Used by AQA and OCR
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Revise: Theories of AddictionSocial norms are expectations about acceptable behaviour within a group. If smoking is treated as normal among someone's friends, they may smoke to fit in and maintain acceptance. This pressure need not involve an explicit demand: someone may conform because membership of the group matters to their sense of identity.
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A shared expectation about how people should behave in a particular social group or situation.
Revise: Concepts in Criminal PsychologySocial norms are shared expectations about appropriate behaviour. Departing from these expectations is called deviation from norms. Norms help shape laws, but the two are not identical: breaking an expectation is only criminal if it also breaks a law.
An expected or accepted way of thinking or behaving within a group.
Distinguish breaking a social norm from breaking the law. Behaviour can be unusual or disapproved of without being criminal.
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