Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Travel has a way of exposing assumptions people didn’t realize they were carrying. For many Americans, encountering everyday norms ...

While the U.S. has its own quirky customs, other countries have traditions and behaviors that might make you raise an eyebrow or two. Whether it's the way people greet each other or how they handle ...

Part 3 of the TED Radio Hour episode The hidden forces shaping your choices. Social norms vary dramatically from one culture to another — but why? Psychologist Michele Gelfand unpacks why societies ...

Singing in a restaurant is one example of breaking a social norm. Source: picjumbo / Pexels There’s a scene from Disney’s "The Santa Clause 2" that lives rent-free in my head. Scott Calvin, played by ...

Step back into the 1950s, where soda fountains buzzed, milkmen made daily rounds, and smoking on airplanes was just another mid-flight ritual. It was an age of polished manners, rigid rules, and ...

The Institute of Medicine’s Forum on Global Violence Prevention will held a 2-day public workshop on October 29-30, 2015 to explore the cultural and social norms that underlie the acceptance of ...

Loneliness is defined as “a distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships.” ...

In sociology, code switching is when a person alters their speech to conform to different cultural norms. For example, marginalized people may use one way of speaking around their community and ...

With the COVID-19 pandemic in full swing, many businesses are struggling to breathe. In all of the uncertainty, one thing is clear: Yesterday’s “business as usual” will never return. Radically ...