As a local farmer, you are fully aware of the fact that nothing other than white wheat has been grown in your area for hundreds of years. However, you decide to break with tradition and plant beans. At the next annual meeting of the Farmer's Grange association, you are awarded a giant stuffed green bean and everyone laughs at you. This is an example of what a sociologist would call

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This is a negative informal sanction because the laughter and mockery from the community serve as a form of social disapproval for breaking the tradition of planting white wheat.

As a Local Farmer, You Are Fully Aware of the Fact