The Psychology of Social Norms¶

Sherif, M. (1936). The Psychology of Social Norms.

Type: Book
Intellectual base: Review or monograph
Year: 1936
Link: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.128678
Cited from: behavioral_economics, psychology, sociology_anthropology

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Primes¶

Conformity
- Sherif (1936) demonstrated the bare skeleton of the pattern using the autokinetic effect, in which subjects with no objective referent converged on a shared group norm for an ambiguous stimulus and then carried that norm forward even when tested alone — establishing that the pull persists after the group is gone.
  This sourceAutokinetic-effect paradigm showing group-formed norms persist in individual judgment after the group is removed — supports the persistence-after-the-group claim. Live-verified (Internet Archive).
Groupthink
- It is not conformity generally — Asch's conformity paradigm involves individuals adjusting publicly stated beliefs under majority pressure, and Sherif's earlier autokinetic-norm paradigm
Herding Behavior
- T3: Private Signal vs Social Conformity Penalty.
  This sourceFoundational social-psychology study using the autokinetic-effect paradigm to show that group-formed norms persist in individual judgment after the group is removed.
Social Norms
- Sherif's early conformity experiments demonstrated that
  This sourceFoundational social-psychology study using the autokinetic-effect paradigm to show that group-formed norms persist in individual judgment after the group is removed.

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