nUtritioUs or deliCioUs? the eFFeCt oF desCriPtive norm inFormation on Food ChoiCe

By J. Burger, H. Bell, Kristen Harvey, Jessica Johnson, Claire Stewart, Kelly Dorian, Marni Swedroe. 2010

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Pharmacy

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Consumers’ attitudes and intentions toward consuming functional foods in Norway (2020, background): “selecting a snack consistent with one’s perceptions of what others before have chosen (Burger et al., 2010) and, as well, to predict vegetable intake (Stok, Verkooijen, de Ridder, de Wit, & de Vet, 2014).”
Social modeling of eating: a review of when and why social influence affects food intake and choice. (2015, unknown): “Moderators/mediators identified 34 Burger et al. 2010 Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology Healthy norm, unhealthy norm, control 120 Young adult F R C: Healthy versus unhealthy Y Presence of others did not moderate.”
How Images of Other Consumers Influence Subsequent Taste Perceptions (2013, background): “Previous research has shown that people often rely on social norms when deciding what, when, and how much to eat (Burger et al. 2010; Herman, Roth, and Polivy 2003).”
From mostly vegetarian to fully vegetarian: Meat avoidance and the expression of social identity (2020, background): “This discrepancy creates different descriptive social norms with respect to vegetarianism across regions, which may lead people who live in communities wherein vegetarianism is prevalent to be more inclined to practice vegetarianism themselves (Burger et al., 2010; Higgs, 2015).”
Changing everyday health behaviors through descriptive norm manipulations (2011, background): “When undergraduate women saw discarded wrappers indicating that other women participants typically had chosen to eat either a healthy or unhealthy snack as part of a taste test, they tended to select the snack food that matched what they perceived to be the descriptive norm (Burger et al., 2010).”
Persuasive Normative Messages: The Influence of Injunctive and Personal Norms on Using Free Plastic Bags (2013, background): “Therefore, scholars have emphasized the importance of focusing on the injunctive norm instead of the descriptive norm when most people are showing the undesired behavior [24,26,31,34,35].”