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Social Interactions
Natural or Constructed
by
Ana Kolbach
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I resented seeing Nature
and History repeatedly
confused in the description
of our reality
-Roland Barthes in Mythologies
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Society calls these norms
to be natural when they
are forged from history.
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Modeling Emotion and Learning of Norms in Social Interactions
by
Luke J. Chang and Leonie Koban
Social norms are shared
expectations about
appropriate behavior for a
specific context
- Previous experiences have a have a great
impact on behavior and emotions which
changes social interactions
- Social norms can also be determined by
previous experiences
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Social Norms: Repeated Interactions, Punishment, and Context
by
Jonathan Grose and Cedric Paternotte

Social norms help society to make actions and
activities fit appropriately with each other
Experiences create an outline on how people must
act in society
The behavior of an individual must be equal to
previous behaviors or the behavior must be within
a certain range of appropriateness
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Situating Norms and Jointness of Social Interactions
by
Patrizio Lo Presti

The social norm of abiding by
stop lights is not only to create
efficiency on the road but also
for the safety of all people.
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Works Cited
Barthes, Roland. Mythologies: Roland Barthes. New York: Hill and Wang,
1972.
Chang, Luke J., and Leonie Koban. "Modeling Emotion and Learning of
Norms in Social Interactions." Journal of Neuroscience 33.18 (2013): 7615-
617. Print.
Grose, Jonathan, and Cedric Paternotte. "Social Norms: Repeated
Interactions, Punishment, and Context Dependence." Public Reason 5.1
(2013): 19-30. Print.
Presti, Patrizio Lo. "Situating Norms and Jointness of Social
Interaction."Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social
Philosophy 9.1 (2013): 225-48. Print.