Norm perceptions – what one perceives as ‘normal’ – differs between both individuals and groups of consumers, including when it comes to meat consumption. One’s meat consumption habits can affect ...

In behavioral research, it is largely assumed that people adapt their personal behavior to match the behavior of a reference group. A distinction is made between descriptive norms—the assumption that ...

Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Computational Science (Japan) and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology (Germany) have published new findings on how social norms evolve over time.

A large-scale experiment tested the impact of changing the Bluesky feed-ranking algorithm on political content and perceptions during the 2024 US presidential election. By making feeds more ...

In any society, laws and social norms function together to control individual behaviours, maintain societal order, and uphold ...

Examples of how norms shape our behavior are everywhere. We see them in shifts in clothing fashions and hairstyles to changes in more consequential areas, such as in same-sex marriages. Interestingly, ...

If you love dogs, scrolling social media is not for the faint-hearted. Sometimes there are cute dogs looking happy, but if you can read canine body language there are also many photos that make you ...

Contrary to news reports, Montana's MOST of Us(TM) campaigns were never part of an evaluation conducted by a Harvard University researcher. The Associated Press has publicly retracted the misinformati ...

Betsy Levy Paluck is a Professor of Psychology and Public Affairs at Princeton University and serves as the deputy director of the Center for Behavioral Science and Policy. In 2017, she won the ...

DEKALB, Ill., A study of more than 76,000 students attending 130 colleges and universities, published in the current issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol, confirms that most college students ...