Bodies Obliged and Unbound: Differentiated Response Tendencies for Injunctive and Descriptive Social Norms

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 433-448

  Jacobson, Ryan P ^a   Mortensen, Chad R ^b   Cialdini, Robert B ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformity; Self regulation; Social influence; Social norms

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AFFECT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REACTION TIME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 79952089957     PISSN: 00223514     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021470     Document Type: Article

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