
Social Norms Dynamics as a Complex Adaptive System
Description
Research Question: How do social norms contribute to facilitate or slow down large scale behavioral transitions in society?
Data: We will be doing surveys and online experiments.
Methods: We will be using time series analysis. We will develop a systems dynamics model that will be used to explain time series of highly constrained behavioral experiments. We will develop online questions/games and make use of convenience samples to run these games.
Findings: Social influence can be used to find optimal interventions that lead to scale behavioral changes.
Project Approaches
Experimental Design
Survey Research
Project Department
Natural Sciences
Psychology