Changing norms to change behavior

Annual Review of Psychology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2016, Pages 339-361

  Miller, Dale T ^a   Prentice, Deborah A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking behavior; Energy conservation; Interventions; Social norm marketing; Social norms

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HUMAN; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL NORM; STUDENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATTITUDE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL NORMS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 84953774963     PISSN: 00664308     EISSN: 15452085     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-psych-010814-015013     Document Type: Article

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