Cards (3)

  • Social Norms are specific to our cultures meaning this definition is culturally relative and can only be used to define abnormal behaviour within a cultural context
    Homosexuality in the UK is an accepted social norm however in other cultures it is ' abnormal ' and punishable by death
    Hearing voices is not an accepted social norm however in other cultures it is and is seen as the voices of our ancestors
  • Social Norms can vary from situation to situation meaning it does not account for context
  • It does distinguish between desirable and undesirable behaviours