norms

Norms define how people " ought" to behave under particular circumstances in a particular society.

We conform ( 遵守) to norms so readily that we are hardly aware they exist

In fact, we are much more likely to notice departures from norms than conformity to them.

When we visit another society whose norms are different, we quickly become aware that things we do this way, they do that way

Also, mothers may call on their children more often than fathers, given traditional gender norms.

Current life structures, career paths, educational choices, and social norms are out of tune with the emerging reality of longer lifespans.

Gender norms and social expectations about caregiving may make it more difficult for men to provide care to sick spouses.

Compared with a hundred years ago, our lives are less tightly bound by social norms and physical constraints.

For example, men who endorse traditional masculine norms report lower relationship satisfaction, as do their female partners.

Men who observe traditional masculine norms are said to derive less satisfaction from their relationship with partners

birds flock together, fish school together, cattle herd together...just perceiving norms is enough to cause people to adjust their behaviour in the direction of the crowd.

But even when employees are given paid time off, workplace norms and expectations that pressure them to overwork often prevent them from taking it.

It is actually about what their peers think of them, what their social norms are, what is seen as desirable in society.

Our workplace culture, social norms and individual behaviors all play a part.

These norms can take us beyond good intentions.

This only applies to American space activities, but the hope is that it will help standardize a set of norms in the dawning commercial spaceflight industry throughout the world.

John Donahue at Harvard's Kennedy School points out that the norms of culture in Western civil services suit those who want to stay put but is bad for high achievers.

On June 7 Google pledged not to "design or deploy AI" that would cause "overall harm," or to develop AI-directed weapons or use AI for surveillance that would violate international norms.

Unlike so-called basic emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger, guilt emerges a little later, in conjunction with a child's growing grasp of social and moral norms.