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 ...

When humans interact with each other and engage in everyday activities, they typically follow various undefined rules, also known as social norms. These rules include things like greeting ...

Our everyday lives are full of rules, such as how we should dress, how we greet each other, which side of the road we drive on, and when we cross at traffic lights. These and many other social norms ...

Altruism is defined as the unselfish concern for other people—doing things simply out of a desire to help, not because you ...

An interdisciplinary team of researchers reports on how social norms -- 'patterns of behaviors or values that depend on expectations about what others do and/or think should be done' -- can be ...

We are constantly surrounded by temptations that are not in our best interest. That is, they are often neither in the best interest of us individually (e.g., succumbing to a sugar intake that is ...

Social norms and behavioral rules, even when outdated, are often resistant to change, but a recent paper by two UB philosophers argues that lasting shifts might be achieved by redirecting the effort ...

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 ...

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 murder of a girlfriend following sexual refusal represents an extreme and disturbing form of interpersonal violence .