INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY (SOSYOLOJİYE GİRİŞ) - (İNGİLİZCE) Dersi Culture soru detayı:
SORU:
How can the norms and values be defined?
CEVAP:
Values are the thoughts or principles that are thought to be true and necessary by the majority of its members in order to sustain the existence of a society or a social group. Values are the criteria that tell us what is right, what is wrong, what is wanted and what is not wanted in determining our behavior within society. Values contain norms, but they are more general and abstract than norms.
Norms are formal / written or informal / non-written rules that are deemed necessary for the integrity and continuity of a society, and regulate the behavior of individuals. Norms point to the ideal behavior patterns expected from us as well as covering the usual behaviors in asociety. For this reason, those who do not comply with the norms face negative sanctions and are punished in various forms. These punishments range from a scowl to life imprisonment depending on the type of the action such as laughing at a funeral or killing a human being.