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Everyday norms have become more permissive over time and vary across cultures
Eriksson, K.; Strimling, P.; Vartanova, I.; Simpson, B.; Persson, M.; Abdi, K. A.; Ad, N.; Aldashev, A.; Ali, H. M.; Alì, M.; Aliyev, K.; Choi, H.-S.Every social situation that people encounter in their daily lives comes with a set of unwritten rules about what behavior is considered appropriate or inappropriate. These everyday norms can vary across societies: some societies may have more permissive norms in general or for certain behaviors, or for certain behaviors in specific situations. In a preregistered survey of 25,422 participants across 90 societies...
Anger and disgust shape judgments of social sanctions across cultures, especial...
Andersson, P. A.; Vartanova, I.; Västfjäll, D.; Tinghög, G.; Strimling, P.; Wu, J.; Hazin, I.; Akotia, C. S.; Aldashev, A.; Andrighetto, G.; Anum, A.When someone violates a social norm, others may think that some sanction would be appropriate. We examine how the experience of emotions like anger and disgust relate to the judged appropriateness of sanctions, in a pre-registered analysis of data from a large-scale study in 56 societies. Across the world, we find that individuals who experience anger and disgust over a norm violation are more likely to endorse...
Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies
Eriksson, K.; Strimling, P.; Gelfand, M.; Junhui Wu; Abernathy, J.; Akotia, C. S.; Aldashev, A.; Andersson, P. A.; Andrighetto, G.; Anum, A.; Arikan, G.Norm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violations vary across cultures and across domains. In a preregistered study of 57 countries (using convenience samples of 22,863 students and non-students), we measured perceptions of the appropriateness of various responses to a violation of a cooperative norm and...