Interaction processes between self and others in the formation and maintenance of group norms

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K03189
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 10010:Social psychology-related
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Muramoto Yukiko 東京大学, 大学院人文社会系研究科(文学部), 教授 (00303793)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 自己と他者 / 集団規範 / 暗黙の能力観

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to clarify the process by which people form and maintain implicit norms and shared beliefs through interaction, focusing on the influence of macro social environmental factors. First, using norms related to disaster evacuation and infection prevention behavior, we examined the effects of social mobility on expected reputation damage and norm-compliant behavior. Second, we focused on implicit theory as a shared belief about the malleability of one’s ability and examined the influence process from instructors to learners. Furthermore, we examined the possibility that the implicit theory is fostered by educational environment factors, such as the abundance of task options and the ease of changing tasks, as well as perceived expectations from others, through a survey dealing with school educational situations.

Free Research Field

社会心理学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究では、暗黙の規範や共有信念の形成・維持に影響を及ぼす社会環境要因に焦点を当てた。外在的な自然環境とは異なり、社会環境による影響の受け手である個人は、同時にその環境の作り手でもある。この相互規定メカニズムを検討することは、心の社会・文化的起源を探るうえで重要な意味を持つ。また、多くの人々にとって望ましくない「不人気な規範」が維持されている状況では、個々人の考え方を変えようとする教育的介入は有効とは限らず、環境変容によって初めて規範刷新への道が開けることもある。本研究の知見は、災害時の率先避難や男性の育休取得など、周囲の目を気にして抑制されやすい行動を変えるための一つの端緒となるだろう。