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abusedcat
03/03/09, 07:26 PM
What's a normative expectation?
a morning view
03/03/09, 07:40 PM
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abusedcat
03/03/09, 08:06 PM
Already done.
No help.
M.C COB
03/04/09, 05:05 PM
Depends on the culture you are talking about.
phil19
03/04/09, 07:05 PM
i hated sociology. i had a feminist teacher too. i realise thats got nothing to do with me hating the subject, i just thought id tell everyone
jnnlopez
03/04/09, 11:30 PM
I can't pay attention to anything about sociology. Bores the crap out of me.
AlkalineAshes
03/04/09, 11:54 PM
I love studying people. you can learn to get whatever you want..
goodarmcindy
03/05/09, 08:20 AM
Well something that is normative is a statement that has a subjectively positive outcome. For example, I want this to happen because I believe it is inherently good. To this end I would think normative expectations are possibly expectations that you believe should happen because they would bring about some form of benefit.

Although I'm probably wrong
jawstheme
03/05/09, 08:23 AM
Well something that is normative is a statement that has a subjectively positive outcome. For example, I want this to happen because I believe it is inherently good. To this end I would think normative expectations are possibly expectations that you believe should happen because they would bring about some form of benefit.

Although I'm probably wrong

Excellent deductive reasoning either way.
Jaded87
03/05/09, 09:01 AM
what you expect to happen in a situation due to the norms you have/society has?

i dont know like for example going to pay for shopping you queue up, its a norm in that situation and its what you expect?

also im probably wrong
just_farrah
03/05/09, 09:09 AM
Normative expectations are things we do/are expected to do because they are ingrained via social norms. For example: gender roles, fashion trends, etc.
goodarmcindy
03/05/09, 09:22 AM
Boom:

Normative behavior (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior) is a term used in sociology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology) to describe actions intended to normalize something, or make it acceptable.

Wikipedia.

Apparently it means different things in different branches of the social sciences, so I was wrong before (although right in the political theory/philosophy sense)
weownthestreets
03/05/09, 01:39 PM
Well something that is normative is a statement that has a subjectively positive outcome.

Umm, normative doesn't mean that.
goodarmcindy
03/05/09, 04:24 PM
Umm, normative doesn't mean that.

"normative statements affirm how things should or ought to be"

yeah,it kind of does, at least in philosophy and political science