Browsing by Subject "social norms"
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(2011-08-08)Research has suggested that when an individual acts in a manner inconsistent with his or her stated attitudes there is likely some form of "implicit attitude" driving the behavior. However, another possibility is that ...
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(2021-04-15)From an individual perspective, one important way through which economics affects our daily lives is the framing of choices we make about our jobs, school, and what we have for dinner. People make thousands of decisions ...
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(2017-06-02)Effective aquatic invasive species (AIS) management requires resource-users engage in mitigation behaviors that prevent unintentional AIS spread. As such, it is necessary to examine the behaviors users currently engage in, ...
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(2020-05-19)This research project has three goals: (1) to present an overview on the use of Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) as a data collection tool in alcohol-related research, and discuss the potential impacts of important MTurk-specific ...
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(2018-06-11)This dissertation examines some of the social and psychological factors affecting individual cooperative and risk-taking behavior. Specifically, laboratory experiments were conducted in order to shed more light on the ...
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(2018-05-03)This dissertation includes three experimental studies discussing the role of strategic beliefs in understanding strategic, pro-social and socially complementary behavior. The first essay, “Testing Stepwise Reasoning”, ...
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(2012-02-14)The influence of peers and peer norms is a significant health determinant of adolescent sexual activity, yet little is known in health education about differences between peer pressure and friend pressure on adolescents. ...
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(2017-07-31)In this dissertation, I study individuals’ prosocial behaviors. I focus on the topics of charitable giving, measuring altruism, and trust. The first essay studies the effectiveness of fundraising campaigns with volunteer ...
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Victim-Blaming as Normative: Examining Prescriptive and Descriptive Norms Regarding Victim-Blaming (2017-06-19)This research examines whether there is a normative component to victim-blaming. Social norms refer to social rules or guidelines that guide behaviors, beliefs, and attitudes. According to the Focus Theory of Normative ...