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The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] defines "normal" as 'conforming to a [[standard]]'. Another possible definition is that "a normal" is someone who conforms to the [[Status Quo|predominant behavior]] in a [[society]]. This can be for any number of reasons such as simple imitative behavior, [[Intentional|deliberate]] or inconsistent acceptance of society's standards, [[fear]] of humiliation or rejection etc.

The [[Oxford English Dictionary]] defines "normal" as 'conforming to a [[standard]]'. Another possible definition is that "a normal" is someone who conforms to the [[Status Quo|predominant behavior]] in a [[society]]. This can be for any number of reasons such as simple imitative behavior, [[Intentional|deliberate]] or inconsistent acceptance of society's standards, [[fear]] of humiliation or rejection etc.

The French sociologist [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Durkheim Emile Durkheim] indicated in his [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_the_Sociological_Method ''Rules of the Sociological Method''] that the most common behavior in a society is considered normal. People who do not go along are violating social norms and will invite a sanction, which may be positive or negative, from others in the society.

The French sociologist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emile_Durkheim Emile Durkheim] indicated in his [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_the_Sociological_Method ''Rules of the Sociological Method''] that the most common behavior in a society is considered normal. People who do not go along are violating social norms and will invite a sanction, which may be positive or negative, from others in the society.

As normality is often hard to define, a case study was done in 2008 in which students at Woodvale Senior High School, specifically students in the [[music]] program, were exposed to a certain kind of abnormality or as it was described at the [[time]] by Dr. Summerville, "weirdness". The [[Objective|aim]] was to see what adolescents perceived as normal, or "average", and what they [[thought]] would be abstract, or as many of the participants described it, "weird".  

As normality is often hard to define, a case study was done in 2008 in which students at Woodvale Senior High School, specifically students in the [[music]] program, were exposed to a certain kind of abnormality or as it was described at the [[time]] by Dr. Summerville, "weirdness". The [[Objective|aim]] was to see what adolescents perceived as normal, or "average", and what they [[thought]] would be abstract, or as many of the participants described it, "weird".  

==External links==

==External links==

*[http://isitnormal.com Is It Normal?] An online experiment to determine what is normal via unscientific surveys

*[https://isitnormal.com Is It Normal?] An online experiment to determine what is normal via unscientific surveys

*Lochrie, Karma ''[http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_medieval_and_early_modern_studies/v027/27.1lochrie.html Desiring Foucault]'' Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies - Volume 27, Number 1, Winter 1997, pp. 3–16

*Lochrie, Karma ''[https://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/journal_of_medieval_and_early_modern_studies/v027/27.1lochrie.html Desiring Foucault]'' Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies - Volume 27, Number 1, Winter 1997, pp. 3–16

[[Category: Sociology]]

[[Category: Sociology]]