What Is Meant by Automaticity in Normative Behavior? Describe the Experiment

question 21

Essay

What is meant by automaticity in normative behavior? Describe the experiment in which experimenters primed people with a photo of a library: What norm was primed,and what dependent variable was used to measure the effect of the prime? What about when a fancy restaurant was used? What was the norm that was primed,and what was the DV used to measure its effect.What is the take- home message of this research?

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