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Changing Behavior via the Perception of Social Norms: Comparing the Effects of Social Norms Messages and Behavioral Requests
Changing Behavior via the Perception of Social Norms: Comparing the Effects of Social Norms Messages and Behavioral Requests
상세정보
- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104818
- ISBN
- 9798288887031
- DDC
- 301.1
- 서명/저자
- Changing Behavior via the Perception of Social Norms: Comparing the Effects of Social Norms Messages and Behavioral Requests
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 117 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-01, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Brauer, Markus.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Wisconsin - Madison, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약To test the theory that the perception of social norms affects one's behavior, researchers have created messages that highlight a social norm and observed whether individuals adjust their actions accordingly. A close examination of the stimuli used in previous studies reveals that many messages, which have been labeled as "social norms messages" by the authors, simply ask people to do a certain behavior without referencing a social norm (e.g., "Please wash your hands"). The surprising effectiveness of these "behavioral requests" casts doubt on the role of social norms in behavior change. In a series of four studies, we examine the effects of behavioral requests and social norms messages on (1) people's perceptions of social norms and (2) behavior change. Study 1 was a field experiment in which we encouraged bikers (N = 498) to signal when passing pedestrians on a bike path. We found that any type of message was more effective at leading bikers to signal than a no-message control condition, but we observed no differences between the messages. In Studies 2 and 3, participants (N = 5823 and N = 4085 respectively) read either a social norms message, a behavioral request, or no message and then reported their perceived strength of the descriptive (Studies 2 and 3) and injunctive norms (Study 3). We found that all messages increased the perceived strength of descriptive and injunctive social norms relative to the control condition. Study 4, a field experiment in which we observed the behavior of bikers (N = 732) and recruited a portion of the sample (N = 63) to report their perception of social norms, revealed that no messages increased the rate of signaling, but that perceived injunctive norms predicted behavior. Overall, we identify behavioral requests as a distinct type of persuasive message and call for further research to examine both the perception of social norms and real-world behavior.
- 일반주제명
- Social psychology
- 일반주제명
- Behavioral psychology
- 일반주제명
- Experimental psychology
- 키워드
- Field experiment
- 키워드
- Bikers
- 키워드
- Social norms
- 기타저자
- The University of Wisconsin - Madison Psychology
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-01B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
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■520 ▼aTo test the theory that the perception of social norms affects one's behavior, researchers have created messages that highlight a social norm and observed whether individuals adjust their actions accordingly. A close examination of the stimuli used in previous studies reveals that many messages, which have been labeled as "social norms messages" by the authors, simply ask people to do a certain behavior without referencing a social norm (e.g., "Please wash your hands"). The surprising effectiveness of these "behavioral requests" casts doubt on the role of social norms in behavior change. In a series of four studies, we examine the effects of behavioral requests and social norms messages on (1) people's perceptions of social norms and (2) behavior change. Study 1 was a field experiment in which we encouraged bikers (N = 498) to signal when passing pedestrians on a bike path. We found that any type of message was more effective at leading bikers to signal than a no-message control condition, but we observed no differences between the messages. In Studies 2 and 3, participants (N = 5823 and N = 4085 respectively) read either a social norms message, a behavioral request, or no message and then reported their perceived strength of the descriptive (Studies 2 and 3) and injunctive norms (Study 3). We found that all messages increased the perceived strength of descriptive and injunctive social norms relative to the control condition. Study 4, a field experiment in which we observed the behavior of bikers (N = 732) and recruited a portion of the sample (N = 63) to report their perception of social norms, revealed that no messages increased the rate of signaling, but that perceived injunctive norms predicted behavior. Overall, we identify behavioral requests as a distinct type of persuasive message and call for further research to examine both the perception of social norms and real-world behavior.
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