In this episode we discuss:
- What are social norms?
- The difference between tight and loose cultures
- The advantages vs. disadvantages of tight vs. loose cultures
- Why did tight vs. loose cultures evolve in the first place?
- How chronic threat produces a tight culture
- Real vs. perceived (imagined) threats
- How cross-cultural psychology is expanding
- The interdisciplinary expansion of the study of social norms
- How organizations can be tight vs. loose
- Why the ambidexterity of an organizational culture matters
- Why people welcomed ISIS in some contexts
- How to anticipate radical shifts in culture around the world in ways that can be predictable
- How people differ in terms of what is perceived a threat
- The potential for meaningful conversation across the political divide
- The importance of persevering in science
- How understanding differing cultural codes can help us navigate and negotiate them
- How can modifying a nation’s norms address protracted social problems?
- Why Michele is so excited to be in the field now more than ever
- How these contexts can breed negative behaviors
- Why we need to exert more control to achieve the Goldilocks principle
- Why we need to be mindful of social norms
- Why Michele is hopeful that we can recalibrate social norms that facilitate greater cooperation among cultures
