News tagged with shame
Shame and honor increase cooperation
Honour and shame work equally well in encouraging social cooperation, according to a new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the Germany's Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 01, 2011 |
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Peer pressure builds more latrines than financial assistance
Government subsidies persuade some people to change habits, but social shame works even better, suggests a recent study of efforts to reduce elevated childhood death and disease rates blamed on the microbial pathogens that ...
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Study: People are more willing to give when they can empathize with poor women's plight
(PhysOrg.com) -- Non-profits aiding the sick or poor could increase charitable donations through ads in which consumers empathize with an actor portraying an unfortunate plight.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2010 |
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The bitter breakup: What happens when consumers dump their brands?
It's just like a bad breakup: People get emotional when they end a relationship with a brand. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research examines what happens when people turn their backs on the brands they once loved. ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2010 |
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Making connections the key to overcoming shame
It would be difficult to find someone who has never felt shame in their life. Shame is a common reaction when someone feels that they have fallen below social norms or their own standards.
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Sep 08, 2009 |
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Connections the key to overcoming shame, says researcher
(PhysOrg.com) -- It would be difficult to find someone who has never felt shame in their life. Shame is a common reaction when someone feels that they have fallen below social norms or their own standards. ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Are shame and poverty closely linked?
(PhysOrg.com) -- A major international study is to examine whether shame is a key part of the experience of being poor. It will look at whether being poor necessarily results in low self esteem or feelings ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2010 |
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