Abstract

This article considers the social and psychological functions that norm-based thinking and behavior provide for the individual and the collectivity. We differentiate between two types of reference groups that provide norms: peer groups versus aspirational groups. We integrate functionalist accounts by distinguishing the functions served by the norms of different reference groups, different degrees of norm moralization, and different directions of responses to norm activation.

Authors
Michael Morris and Zhi Liu
Format
Journal Article
Publication Date
Journal
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Full Citation

Morris, Michael and Zhi Liu
. “Psychological functions of subjective norms: Reference groups, moralization, adherence, and defiance.”
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology
vol.
46
, (January 01, 2015):
1279
-
1287
.