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Deviant behavior violates standards and expectations of a group social norm. Reflect on a time when you violated a widely shared and understood norm of your society. What was the norm? What was the violation? What sanctions did your social group place on you for your behavior?

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The solution provides insight, information and discussion on the topic of social norms and how violating them can lead to one being labelled as a deviant or towards a path of deviance. A social setting is provided (church) and a deviance is exemplified from a first-person viewpoint. References are listed. A word version of the solution is also attached.

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Personal Reflection: violating norms in Family and Church

I grew up in a very conservative and religious family. This meant that we had to go to church every Sunday. This was the norm in our town, something expected of respectable families. At home, we had to behave in a particular way - respectful and obedient to our parents, responsible with our studies, helpful in housework. This was the idea of good children, one that pleased not only our parents but above all, God. Nothing of course is wrong with this. Its sounds like an ideal family living in a well-ordered and peaceful community. My siblings and I followed all that our parents taught us to do until our teenage years when slowly but surely, the need to rebel ...

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