Exercise 1 solution

(a) Queueing at a bus stop: a folkway. It is routine, casual interaction enforced by gentle pressure (a look, a cough), which matches the Mores page's description of folkways. The example is my own (check).

(b) Plagiarising an essay: a more. The Mores page lists plagiarism among its examples of mores, which carry moral weight and bring disapproval. A school may also have a formal rule against it, so it can be a more and a formal rule at once.

(c) Pyjamas to a job interview: a folkway. The Mores page gives acceptable dress as a folkway example. The sanction is mild, though the practical cost (not getting the job) may be large, which shows that mild enforcement does not always mean small consequences (that last point is my own) (check).

(d) Driving on the left in the UK: a law. The Social norm page calls laws a highly formal version of norms, and this one is written down and enforced with formal sanctions.

(e) Murder: a law and also a taboo. The Mores page names murder as a very common example of a taboo, and the Social norm page says extreme deviance can bring fines or imprisonment. So it does not fit one category only.

Hardest to classify: (e), because it is a taboo, a more and a law together. Items (b) and (e) show that the categories overlap; the table in the chapter is a way of asking "how is this enforced?", not a set of sealed boxes.

Note: other answers are acceptable if the reason uses the chapter's descriptions of enforcement.