Behavioral regularities and norm stickiness: The cases of transracial adoption and online privacy

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Abstract
We find that behavioral regularities affect normative expectations, which in turn are associated with decisions consistent with existing behaviors. People use descriptive norms to infer what others actually approve. This dynamic can lead to contradictions between implicit and explicit norms, and can both impede and foster norm change.
Date Issued
2018
Publication Type
Article
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en
Author(s)
Horne, Christine
Tinkler, Justine
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Social Research
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISSN
1944-768X
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