Social Studies

Asche - Cultural Norms

Participants conformed to avoid criticisms and social disapproval and to gain acceptance within their social groups. These norms dictate acceptable behavior and beliefs in various societies.

Berry - Cultural Norms

Values in a particular culture are influenced by their economic systems

Chen - Cultural Dimensions

Focus on how cultural values influence behavior and perceptions in social contexts. Singaporean culture values patience and money saving more than American culture

Guo et. al - Cultural Dimensions

Short-term orientated societies consider the immediate rewards and future outcomes less important, emphasizing quick results. Long-term orientated societies prioritize future rewards and long-term benefits, valuing perseverance and thrift.

Moyer - Social Cognitive Theory

Violent video games worsened aggressive behavior

Mathur and Vanderveele - Social Cognitive Theory

Meta-analysis : shows that video games do increases aggressive behavior but effects are quite small

Cialdini - Social Identity Theory

people associate themselves with a group when successful and establish distance when group fails

Tajfel - Social Identity Theory

Random, trivial, and meaningless groups still have significant effect on our behavior

Shih et al - Stereotype

Positive stereotypes increased performance while negative decreased performance

Taylor and Jaggi - Stereotypes

Social desirable behavior attributed to in-group while undesirable behaviors attribute to out-group

Odder and Rochat - Enculturation and Acculturation

Observation learning plays a significant role in enculturation

Lueck and Wilson - Enculturation and Acculturation

Acculturation stress is common among immigrants