PSYCH 2800 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ostracism, Belongingness, Psych

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Two common problems of norms informing people about the negative norm which make people feel like the majority act in the negative way (shift focus on the individual implications, don"t show that the descriptive norm against your point) We follow norms blindly; we only know about norms when someone goes against it. If you want to understand norms, go to an insane asylum. We create cues of what we are doing. First rule of social life: we want to always have an involvement but not overly involve. The norm of civil inattention - we learn to acknowledge someone"s presence then ignore the person. Using norms to reduce energy use tell people how they compare to the norm motivates people to reduce energy. Positive: people who are underperforming would increase their efforts. Negative: to prevent people from reducing their efforts, add smiley face (subsequent effect)