The socially appropriate response is to accept the gift and say yes.
This determination is largely based on social position and behavior perceived as socially appropriate.
He sometimes took a moral stance himself, however, as to what he considered to be mentally healthy and socially appropriate.
Most of the time, the accommodation made according to those norms are perceived socially appropriate.
They increasingly insist that children engage in socially appropriate conduct.
Trusting them to dress in a socially appropriate manner hardly seems progressive leadership.
Throughout childhood, children learn how to control their urges and behave in ways that are socially appropriate.
So, in a sense, it raised the entire question of what is socially appropriate conduct.
Second, participants in surveys like this one tend to give "socially appropriate" answers.
The hour was well beyond being socially appropriate.