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Concept

cultural norms

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Authors

802

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Cultural norms is a central construct within social sciences and humanities that refers to the shared, learned, and often tacit rules and expectations guiding behavior within a specific cultural group or society. This concept investigates the processes by which these standards of conduct are established, maintained through social reinforcement, and how they function to regulate social interaction, facilitate group cohesion, and shape collective identity, representing a fundamental mechanism for social organization and cultural transmission and change.

Top Authors

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HC

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

MJ

University of Maryland, College Park

MW

Columbia University

JG

New School

CC

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Top Institutions

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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, United States

University of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Columbia University

New York, United States