ABSTRACT
Sodhi raised the objection that what had been taken for an explanation of a certain social behaviour was itself really something that ought to be explained, regarding a study on group-norms by Sherif. The fact that people tend to act according to certain norm-expectations, does not offer any real explanation for their behaviour. Hans Linde tries to examine the origin of so-called 'Folkways', a phenomenon which is closely connected with the origin of customs and norms. This raises a theoretical idea of the intellectual and ideological superstructure of a society, which is quite contrary to the idea of a logical and integrated norm-system, such as the notion of 'position and role behaviour' held by the Parsons school. The social role behaviour of individual members of society depends on the power and communication network around them and on what they receive from this network.
