Today in America, there is little to no discrimination or judgement of those who choose to have tattoos or body piercings.

This assignment is about norm-breaking in society. For this assignment, you may select to complete option A or option B. You do not need to complete both.

Option A

You will participate in an activity in which you break a folkway, which is a norm governing everyday behavior, and you will answer a series of response questions on the provided worksheet about the activity. You can break the norm with family and friends only. Do not direct your activity toward strangers, and do not try this activity in a work setting. Begin by selecting one of the following social norms to break.

• Proximity/interaction 
• Food norms
• Clothing norms

Important: Do not do anything that is legally or morally questionable or that could bring negative sanctions against yourself or the university while breaking the norm. If you have a question about the appropriateness of your activity, please contact your instructor.Next, download and complete the  Norm-Breaking Worksheet Option A .Submit your completed worksheet to complete this assignment.

Option B

Analyze a norm-breaking activity from a television show or movie clip. Find a clip from a movie or television show to use as your norm-breaking activity example. Some examples of movies or television series with norm-breaking activity may include Elf, Napoleon Dynamite, The Mandalorian, The Office, Friends, or Seinfeld. Next, download and complete the  Norm-Breaking Worksheet Option B . Submit your completed worksheet to complete this assignment. Use APA Style for references and citations where applicable.

2. Discuss whether you agree or disagree with the statement below.

Today in America, there is little to no discrimination or judgement of those who choose to have tattoos or body piercings.

As you respond to your classmates, support your opinion with an example, and discuss why you feel that way. Consider how your opinion may differ based on age, region, or cultural backgrounds.

3. Technology is increasing the amount and type of data that is available to data mining operations. Although data mining originally was designed to analyze text data, advances in facial recognition and translation provide multimedia input for data mining algorithms. You can test facial recognition systems at online websites that find celebrities and facial features similar to yours. Based on the accuracy of finding similar faces, how efficient would this system be for identifying a terrorist based on his or her photo?