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APS Box — A Norm Is Not a Behavioural Regularity
APS Box — A Norm Is Not a Behavioural Regularity
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Created: 16 July 2026
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A behaviour may recur without becoming a norm. Social Norms involve recognisable expectations that shape how conduct is interpreted, reinforced, criticised, sanctioned, or contested. Repetition describes what happens; normativity organises what participants are expected to do. The emergence of a norm therefore marks a transition from behavioural recurrence to socially organised expectation.