Group* norms are “rules” regarding what group members should think and do. They define what’s normal behavior in the group. Conformity to group norms enables the group to function smoothly. Unique ...

The light country air that Abby and Norm Zocher convey for their latest album keeps the session cool and comfortable. And yet they've added just the right amount of tension through many harmonic and ...

In behavioral research, it is largely assumed that people adapt their personal behavior to match the behavior of a reference group. A distinction is made between descriptive norms—the assumption that ...

Companies put a great deal of time and effort in to encouraging employees to work effectively with their colleagues. If a company finds that workers have bonded in to a cohesive group, it should be a ...

The effects of social group norms (inclusion vs. exclusion vs. exclusion-plus-relational aggression) and school norms (inclusion vs. no norm) on 7- and 10-year-old children's intergroup attitudes were ...

EXCLUSIVE: After a five-year run as president of Levity Entertainment Group, Norman Aladjem has left to start Mainstay Entertainment — and his longtime LEG colleagues Ray Moheet, Derek Van Pelt and ...

Standardized testing has practically become a tradition within the American school system. But why? How did standardized assessment become such a big part of education? How does it really work?

HEMPSTEAD, Long Island (PIX11) — One Hempstead organization is “changing the norms” of gun violence in their community through outreach services and conflict mediation. Through a partnership with ...

Solomon Asch once remarked, "The tendency to conformity in our society is so strong that reasonably intelligent and well-meaning young people are willing to call white, black. This is a matter of ...

China is collecting DNA and other biometric data from the population in western Xinjiang in a “gross violation” of global norms, Human Right Watch said Wednesday. Authorities have collected DNA ...

Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue canadienne de science politique, Vol. 42, No. 1 (Mar., 2009), pp. 187-209 (23 pages) This paper explores how citizenship norms of duty to vote and to ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Jason Riley and Dan Henninger. Image: Jim Bourg/Reuters Democrats have spent six years warning about the threat to democratic ...