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16 Nov 2016, 1:47 pm

This may be part of the whole problem, but what even ARE social rules? There's rules?!?!? Can someone please clarify. Thank you.



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16 Nov 2016, 3:10 pm

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16 Nov 2016, 4:29 pm

"Social Rules" are a set of behaviors that are customary for a given situation and/or context, say like, a simplified example might be: when a person opens a door for me I say thank you, because that is the customary and expected thing to do in that context.

These "rules" can vary dramatically depending on a wide variety of situations and contexts, along with who or whom you are talking to or interacting with, many involve "unofficial" but expected behaviors that people expect without explicitly telling you they are, usually implied by body language or is just assumed based on past interactions with you or with others in that particular scenario.

Essentially, put simply, "Social Rules" are the behaviors that are desired or expected for a situation.

I hope this answer has proven helpful to you.


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16 Nov 2016, 4:58 pm

shadowtag wrote:
"Social Rules" are a set of behaviors that are customary for a given situation and/or context, say like, a simplified example might be: when a person opens a door for me I say thank you, because that is the customary and expected thing to do in that context.

These "rules" can vary dramatically depending on a wide variety of situations and contexts, along with who or whom you are talking to or interacting with, many involve "unofficial" but expected behaviors that people expect without explicitly telling you they are, usually implied by body language or is just assumed based on past interactions with you or with others in that particular scenario.

Essentially, put simply, "Social Rules" are the behaviors that are desired or expected for a situation.

I hope this answer has proven helpful to you.


Oh I see. Yes, this is very helpful. Thanks. Is another example like swearing *with* teachers as you would with friends?(this is one of my screening questions) not sure if it's the same, though.



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16 Nov 2016, 5:13 pm

Could you elaborate as to what you mean by screening questions?


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16 Nov 2016, 5:58 pm

shadowtag wrote:
Could you elaborate as to what you mean by screening questions?


Sorry - my psychiatrist has given me an ASD screening questionnaire and seeing what I score.



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16 Nov 2016, 6:05 pm

Well...if you are answering a questionaire given to you by a psychiatrist then dont ask folks to help you with it. He wants to know what answers you come up with on your own so ( I suppose) he can diagnose you.

If the questions are about social situations, and what you do in those situations, then just give your honest answers. If the answers you give are the "wrong" answers (that is answers that differ from what most people would give) then the doctor will know that you have problems with social situations. Which is part of the information he is trying to get. Understand?



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16 Nov 2016, 6:47 pm

naturalplastic wrote:
Well...if you are answering a questionaire given to you by a psychiatrist then dont ask folks to help you with it. He wants to know what answers you come up with on your own so ( I suppose) he can diagnose you.

If the questions are about social situations, and what you do in those situations, then just give your honest answers. If the answers you give are the "wrong" answers (that is answers that differ from what most people would give) then the doctor will know that you have problems with social situations. Which is part of the information he is trying to get. Understand?


I wasn't asking for help -(sorry i read what i wrote and I phrased it so wrongly - it wasn't a question,I just used it as an example) I heard about social rules before, I just wasn't sure what it actually means. Now I know roughly what it is, I have more of an understanding. It's more of a diverse name, as I take the whole "rules" literally.