What's in a Norm? Sources and Processes of Norm Change

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 594-600

  Paluck, Elizabeth Levy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

field experiment; media; prejudice reduction; social norms

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; COOPERATION; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RWANDA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DRAMA; EMPATHY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PREJUDICE; RADIO; REFERENCE VALUES; RWANDA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62649095338     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014688     Document Type: Article

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