Category: Social Norms

Introduction Contemporary society has placed a great emphasis on the factors that cause or effect psychological disorders in individuals. These are the drivers that affect the behaviorism and understanding of individuals with mental conditions and include platforms such as cultural and social norms and how they get reception from the general society. Within the field…

In each society, there are social norms that are aligned in the community for the members to abide by. There are some unwritten rules on how one should conduct themselves in public. Once the norm is broken, individuals may respond to it by alarm, amazement, irritation, or a set of other emotions. In psychological terms,…

Cultural and social norms can be found in any society while being a citizen or a traveler in a community. These behaviours, characteristics, best practices and acceptable social interactions can range from ways of communication, living and daily etiquette (Myers, Nyce, and Dekker, 2014). When discovering a new environment and some social norms, it is…

For this critical reflective paper, I decided to watch the international film Roma, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The film is set to take place in 1970s Colonia Roma and is seen through the eyes of an indigenous woman named Cleo, who is the maid and babysitter of a large white family. Throughout the movie it…