Minding the Gap: Bias, Soft Structures, and the Double Life of Social Norms

Davidson, Lacey J.; Kelly, Daniel

doi:10.1111/japp.12351

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“…From the perspective of social norms, members of a society often develop informal understanding of how they should behave. 6 Social norms therefore dictate behaviours in a particular circumstance. Put in the psychological context, social norms are the extents of manifestation of certain behaviours and approval of the behaviours by other members of a society.…”

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“…Put in the psychological context, social norms are the extents of manifestation of certain behaviours and approval of the behaviours by other members of a society. 6 Cultural norms, on the other hand, are norms shaped by cultures. A culture can cast generally accepted expectations and rules upon members sharing the culture, for instance, the Asians tend to perceive TANG, Current Research Journal of Social Sciences, Vol.…”

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Controversies of The Post-Lockdown New Normal - It May Not be Entirely Normal

Tang

2021

Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

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Countries entered lockdown or partial lockdown due to mounting fear for the spread of COVID-19 and emerged from the restrictions with presumably new norms, often known as the ‘new normal’. This commentary aims to examine whether the so-called ‘new normal’ qualifies as the new norms based on the definitions of social and cultural norms. The aim was achieved through reviewing pertinent literature comprising news articles, scholarly articles, government reports and websites centering on norms, COVID-19 new norms and their implications. It posits that social isolation does not align with the social nature of human and can be detrimental to the mind and body while social or physical distancing is situational. Unregulated, it does not quite constitute a norm for people to readily maintain social isolation, and social or physical distancing to a lesser degree. While mask-wearing is comparatively easier to adopt, its significance varies in different social and cultural settings. It is more normal to observe people wearing masks post-lockdown, particularly in Asia though experts’ advice does encourage mask-wearing in certain western countries. Mask-wearing aptly qualifies as the new norm though this norm could last longer in certain societies, often strengthened by cultural norms. Similarly, high level of personal hygiene is still practiced often without coercion and is perceived to be normal at least for as long as the risk of COVID-19 is still present. It is thought that norms can be strengthened through interventions to promote behaviours that fit the norms.

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Section: Fig 1: the Common Types Of Normmentioning

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Controversies of The Post-Lockdown New Normal - It May Not be Entirely Normal

Tang

2021

Current Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities

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“…65–66). Madva (2016), Davidson and Kelly (2020), Soon (2020) leverage this ontological fuzziness to argue that social phenomena are best explained by the interaction of individuals and structure, neither of which takes priority.…”

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Social structural explanation

Soon

2021

Philosophy Compass

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Social problems such as racism, sexism, and inequality are often cited as structural rather than individual in nature. What does it mean to invoke a social structural explanation, and how do such explanations relate to individualistic ones? This article explores recent philosophical debates concerning the nature and usages of social structural explanation. I distinguish between two central kinds of social structural explanation: those that are autonomous from psychology, and those that are not. This distinction will help clarify the explanatory power that each type of SSE has, points of convergence with methodological traditions such as critical theory and rational choice theory, and the difficulties that each type of SSE faces.

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“…The symposium's second article-Lacey Davidson and Daniel Kelly's 'Minding the Gap: Bias, Soft Structures, and the Double Life of Social Norms'-takes up issues raised by Beckles-Raymond about the role of individual psychologies in oppressive social structures. 17 Davidson and Kelly begin by highlighting the differences between psychological and structural approaches to injustice. Very often these approaches are framed as competitors.…”

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