A pattern of behavior a person acquires or adopts as influenced and expected by significant people in his or her milieu.
In sociology, the behavior expected of a person by reason of membership in a particular group or the actual behavior performed in the fulfillment of a particular position.
The usual or expected function of somebody or something in a particular process or event.
The characteristic of expected pattern of behaviour of a particular member of a social group.
Playing acting out another person’s expected behavior, usually in a contrived situation, in order to understand them better. It is used in family psychotherapy, in teaching social skills to patients, and also in the training of psychiatric (and other) staff.
The characteristic social behavior of an individual in relationship to the group.
A function, especially the characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual in relationship to a group.