Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, HEC Montréal, and University of New South Wales, UNSW Sydney published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that performs a meta-analysis of ...

Collective pro-social behavior can be induced by the right messaging. Source: jasperai/OpenAI When confronted with frequent news of inhumane behavior, people often want to create change for the better ...

In behavioral research, it is largely assumed that people adapt their personal behavior to match the behavior of a reference group. A distinction is made between descriptive norms—the assumption that ...

Join us at the "Social Norms and Economic Behavior: Gender Norms, Perceptions, and their Impact" event as we delve into the impact of misperceptions on gender norms and behaviors, highlighting ...

An interdisciplinary team of Boston College researchers to explore how social norms can be leveraged to promote virtuous behavior Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Liane Young, whose research ...

Building on a post that looked at times in which media influenced real-world behaviors, we will reflect below on why this can happen through a constellation of theories. 1. Social Learning Theory.

Witnesses to anti-social behavior must speak up to support the lone voices of people who confront it to reduce the risk of such behavior becoming tolerated in society, according to new research. Three ...

The World Bank’s “I Want to Break Free” shows that gender-equal laws alone cannot transform women’s economic lives unless ...