PSYC 2040 Study Guide - Norm (Social), Attitude Change, Transactive Memory
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Cultural differences lead to the cultivation of norms: ex- norm- personal space, social desirability is what makes people follow norms because we all want to fit in, not everyone follows the rules and not everyone follows the norms or formal rules. They don"t want to go along with the crowd: five big personality traits. From analyzing a person and how they relate to the beliefs, you can determine if they will follow or not follow the norms. When communicating with others, it is good to get accustomed with other norms and rules. Norms help us interrelate: illusionary theory norms evolved over time, were held on to genetically, traditions are handed down from generation to generation. Ex: civil rights: takes a long time to evolve. Framing the way we frame things: global business, international, you have to try to understand culture to get along, types of society, individualism western (independent, collectivism belongs to a group (interdependent)
