Psychology: Social Norms Influence Behavior

1.The expected standards of conduct which influence behavior is called “Social norms”. Social norms influence the behavior in many ways. Standing in a line is a social norms and people whole violate the rule are called to stand at the end. Social norms are thing that we follow and it’s influenceable to our behavior. We sometime don’t follow those rules, like cutting front of line when in hurry which influence other to do the same. Groups following the norms will go along.
2. According to the bls.gov The average age to enter workforce various from gender, race and ethnicity. I found out that in 1994 the median age for all gender and ethnicity was average of 37.7 and as the years passes by it changes. In 2004, the average median age was about 40.3. Also, the average age is different on each state. According to eyeonhousing.org the high median age was in the state NH, MA, and ME. The average age to enter the workforce also depends on the workplace or career. For example, average age by construction jobs for explosive workers is 31 but for miscellaneous construction workers its about 38. As prediction from bls.gov shows that in 2024 it average median age labor force will be 42.4. I think is not much true, I think it would probably go higher because in today’s world if you look around it clearly shows that not much people are …show more content…
The average age for a female to marry in the united states are sort of different in each state but It also has to do with the culture. Because, USA is consisted of different culture and each has their own tradition, which restrict female to get marry in certain ages. According to prb.org, The ages for a female to marry is between the age of 24 to 28. Also, the graph found on the census.gov shows that every year it changes and moving up. I think that nowadays that female is more educated than early ages and everyone is dedicated to finish their education so they tend to get marry at age of 24 where they would mostly finish their