News tagged with cultural values
Yale study concludes public apathy over climate change unrelated to science literacy
Are members of the public divided about climate change because they don't understand the science behind it? If Americans knew more basic science and were more proficient in technical reasoning, would public consensus match ...
May 27, 2012 |
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Consumer sentiment shaped by differing cultural attitudes toward power
In the battle of egos, Donald Trump vs. Hugo Chavez might be a draw. But as symbols of power, each resonates differently with different cultures, as cultures nurture different views of what is desirable and ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2010 |
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I feel like a different person
Scientists have long been interested in the interplay of emotions and identity, and some have recently focused on cultural identity. One's heritage would seem to be especially stable and impervious to change, simply because ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2009 |
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Chinese-Americans don't overborrow, study finds
Bad mortgage loans and rampant consumer debt were two of the primary causes for the recent economic recession in the U.S. Despite a national trend of debt problems, a University of Missouri researcher has found one American ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 17, 2011 |
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Family feud: US parents more likely to have conflict with adult children than European parents
Tolstoy wrote that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, and a new study in the August 2010 issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family finds significant national differences in the degree of conflict between older ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Study Finds Narrowed Cultural Gap With Mexico
(PhysOrg.com) -- The cultural divide that has existed between the U.S. and Mexico is slowly diminishing, research by a UT Dallas professor finds.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 23, 2009 |
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