Social Influences

Social Influences

Learning values from others & the formation of culture

Researcher(s)
Norberto Grzywacz, Hassan Aleem,
Yewon Rhee & Katie Mathers

Publication(s)
0 (In Progress)

An important source of human values is social background. Adjusting our values to those of both trusted experts, and family and friends are often necessary to make us successful in life.  Our lab thus studies how people learn from the values of others and how this learning contributes to the formation of culture.