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Violating Social Norms

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Dumpsters in and of themselves are commonly associated with trash and rubbish. Aside from this activity being illegal under the circumstances that it is a form of trespassing via a breach in private property, diving in them would be considered deviating from the societal norm and seen as undesirable. This would be considered a form of social deviance, considering this activity would be violating a social norm and be considered non-conformist. The conformist approach to this situation would be to instead shop for food at the grocery store. Positive deviance is simply defined as an occurrence when someone does something that is out of the norm. It is seen as an approach to behavioral and social change in community as better solutions to problems
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