The W-Curve Model was first proposed in 1963 to explain adjustment to culture shock. Starting college is a culture shock for many young people. It is often the first time students are away from home for an extended period.
Social Sciences
Aug 16, 2022
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Hierarchy has its upsides and downsides. A pyramidical power structure works well for day-to-day decision making. But as the distance between the base and the tip of the pyramid increases, tensions between organizational ...
Social Sciences
Jul 25, 2022
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School reform is a challenge faced by nations around the world, each taking their own approach to improve the quality of education within their borders. A new book explores how nine countries address the issue of educational ...
Economics & Business
Jul 21, 2022
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Money can't buy happiness. Many of us are told this at some point in our lives, but that doesn't seem to stop many people from wanting more of it—even very rich people. The question is, how much money do we each need to ...
Social Sciences
Jul 12, 2022
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As parents struggle to juggle work and family commitments, early childhood education experts are encouraging Australians to acknowledge the important role of grandparents as critical caregivers in society.
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2022
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The explosive growth of social media during the last decade has dramatically changed the dynamics of business-customer interactions. Yet relatively few firms have properly strategized their social media appearance and involvement, ...
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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As I've been organizing this year's International Association of Time Use Research (IATUR) conference in Montréal, I've been asked: What do you mean by time use research?
Social Sciences
Apr 28, 2022
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Octopuses can solve complex puzzles and show a preference for different individuals, but whether they, and other animals and invertebrates, have emotions is being hotly debated and could shake up humans' moral decision-making, ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 24, 2022
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A team of researchers from Australia, Germany and the U.S. has found evidence that the origin of human language was hand gestures rather than grunts. In their paper published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group ...
Sixty-two percent of all men use the internet, whereas the figure for women is 57 percent. While the differences in digital access and use between the genders in industrialized countries is small, women in the least developed ...
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2022
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