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  2. Breaching experiment - Wikipedia

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    The experiment manipulated conditions by having either one or two intruders break into the line, as well as varying one or two buffers, or experimenters standing passively by in the line. This enabled the researchers to test whether the responsibility of addressing the intruder would extend from the person closest behind in line to the rest of ...

  3. Expectancy violations theory - Wikipedia

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    Expectancy violations theory (EVT) is a theory of communication that analyzes how individuals respond to unanticipated violations of social norms and expectations. [1] The theory was proposed by Judee K. Burgoon in the late 1970s and continued through the 1980s and 1990s as "nonverbal expectancy violations theory", based on Burgoon's research studying proxemics.

  4. Tuckman's stages of group development - Wikipedia

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    In 1977, Tuckman, jointly with Mary Ann Jensen, added a fifth stage to the four stages: adjourning, [7] that involves completing the task and breaking up the team (in some texts referred to as "mourning"). After being invited by Group and Organizational Studies to publish an update of the model, they revisited the original model and reviewed ...

  5. Internalization (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    The structure and the happenings of society shapes one's inner self and it can also be reversed. The process of internalization starts with learning what the norms are, and then the individual goes through a process of understanding why they are of value or why they make sense, until finally they accept the norm as their own viewpoint. [2]

  6. Social norm - Wikipedia

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    Norm cascade: When a norm has broad acceptance and reaches a tipping point, with norm leaders pressuring others to adopt and adhere to the norm. Norm internalization: When the norm has acquired a "taken-for-granted" quality where compliance with the norm is nearly automatic. They argue that several factors may raise the influence of certain ...

  7. Teacher's unorthodox summer break assignment goes viral - AOL

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    A grade school teacher in Italy has given his students a summer assignment that has been widely shared online. Instead of assigning the usual academic tasks, he has given them a 15-item list of ...

  8. Resocialization - Wikipedia

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    Those who join the military enter a new social realm in which they become socialized as military members. [1] [2] Resocialization is defined as a "process wherein an individual, defined as inadequate according to the norms of a dominant institution(s), is subjected to a dynamic program of behavior intervention aimed at instilling and/or rejuvenating those values, attitudes, and abilities which ...

  9. Deviance (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Social norms differ throughout society and between cultures. A certain act or behaviour may be viewed as deviant and receive sanctions or punishments within one society and be seen as a normal behaviour in another society. Additionally, as a society's understanding of social norms changes over time, so too does the collective perception of ...