Acceptable social norms and social recognition act like corrective taxes and subsidies. Social norms act as a corrective tax by discouraging people from partaking in an action that will cause a negative externality by fear or shame of being judged harshly by others in society. Likewise social recognition can act as a corrective subsidy and cause people to partake in more activities that will create positive externalities. Classify the following examples of social norms by whether the behavior is undertaken to avoid society's judgement, i.e., working as a corrective tax, or to receive social recognition, i.e., working as a corrective subsidy.

Acceptable social norms and social recognition act like corrective taxes and subsidies. Social norms act as a corrective tax by discouraging people from partaking in an action that will cause a negative externality by fear or shame of being judged harshly by others in society. Likewise social recognition can act as a corrective subsidy and cause people to partake in more activities that will create positive externalities. Classify the following examples of social norms by whether the behavior is undertaken to avoid society's judgement, i.e., working as a corrective tax, or to receive social recognition, i.e., working as a corrective subsidy.

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