The general pattern of behaviour that occurs within a group of people. Frequently, need is measured against the norm. See normative...

Values and norms are evaluative beliefs that synthesize affective and cognitive elements to orient people to the world in which they live. Their evaluative element makes them unlike existential beliefs, which focus primarily on matters of truth or...

In sociology, a norm, or social norm, is a rule that is socially enforced. Social sanctioning is what distinguishes norms from other cultural products or social constructions such as meaning and values. Norms and normlessness are thought to affect a...

In many social situations, the consumption of at least some alcohol is socially obligatory-at least for some participants. This paper focuses on the norms that govern minimum levels of consumption in such settings. Evidence for the existence of such norms is derived from the...

Satisfaction Differences Among the Madonna University Campuses. Bevin Rae Fusik, Madonna University, Department of Sociology, Livonia, MI 48150 The purpose of this research was to establish a snapshot of the current satisfaction of students at the five different Madonna University sites. This...

Talk about the fog of war. Just take a look at the one that pits key sectors of the health care industry against each other.The conflict creates inefficiency and waste, says Michael F. Cannon, director of health policy studies at the Cato Institute.Doctors and hospitals...

Longtime prosecutor Norm Maleng, who in 2003 reached a plea bargain with the notorious Green River serial killer, died after collapsing at a gathering.Maleng, 68, who since 1978 had been prosecutor of King County, Washington's largest county, was pronounced dead Thursday evening at Harborview Medical...