AO3: Deviation from social norms

Cards (2)

  • Strength: Real-world application
    What? Usefulness
    Who? Clinical practice - signs of anti-social personality disorder = all deviations from social norms
    Why? Valuable
  • Limitation: Cultural and situational relativism
    What? Variability between social norms in different cultures/situations
    Who? One person may label someone as abnormal w/ their standards, rather than the person's standards; social norms differ
    Why? Difficult to judge deviation from social norms in different situations/cultures