Muzafer Sherif- Social Norms ● Social Norms Of interest to most social scientists across disciplines,social norms are group-held beliefs about how members should behave in a given context.Sociologists describe norms as laws that govern society's behaviors,while psychologists have adopted a more general definition,recognizing smaller group units,like a team or an office,may also endorse norms separate or in addition to cultural or societal expectations.The psychological definition emphasizes social norms'behavioral component,stating norms have two dimensions:how much behavior is exhibited and how much the group approves of that behavior. Muzafer Sherif——Social Norms  Social Norms  Of interest to most social scientists across disciplines, social norms are group-held beliefs about how members should behave in a given context. Sociologists describe norms as laws that govern society’s behaviors, while psychologists have adopted a more general definition, recognizing smaller group units, like a team or an office, may also endorse norms separate or in addition to cultural or societal expectations. The psychological definition emphasizes social norms' behavioral component, stating norms have two dimensions: how much behavior is exhibited and how much the group approves of that behavior