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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...
Changes in social norms during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across...
Andrighetto, G.; Szekely, A.; Guido, A.; Gelfand, M.; Abernathy, J.; Arikan, G.; Aycan, Z.; Bankar, S.; Barrera, D.; Basnight-Brown, D.; Belaus, A.The emergence of COVID-19 dramatically changed social behavior across societies and contexts. Here we study whether social norms also changed. Specifically, we study this question for cultural tightness (the degree to which societies generally have strong norms), specific social norms (e.g. stealing, hand washing), and norms about enforcement, using survey data from 30,431 respondents in 43 countries recorded b...
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...