Pat and Kerry are walking into their office building at the same time, late for the same meeting. Pat holds the entry door for Kerry who then holds the elevator for Pat. Which norms of reciprocity are demonstrated in this scenario?

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Bianca Schwartz

14 December, 19:06

Pat and Kerry are walking into their office building at the same time, late for the same meeting. Pat holds the entry door for Kerry who then holds the elevator for Pat. Which norms of reciprocity are demonstrated in this scenario?

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Social norm of norm of reciprocity

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This form is a social expectations that people will respond to each other in kind returning benefits for benefits, and responding with either indifference or hostility to harms. The social norm of reciprocity often takes different forms in different area of social life, or in different societies. All of them, however, are distinct from related ideas such as gratitude, the Golden rule or mutual goodwill.