News tagged with social attitudes
Boys' cynicism towards school increases at upper secondary school
According to a recent study, the negative and cynical attitude of boys towards school increases dramatically as they advance in their upper secondary studies. Boys are very enthusiastic about their studies at the start of ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 01, 2012 |
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Education doesn't increase support for affirmative action among whites, minorities
Highly educated whites and minorities are no more likely to support workplace affirmative action programs than are their less educated peers, according to a new study in the March issue of Social Psychology Quarterly, which ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Republicans and democrats less divided than commonly thought
Republicans and Democrats are less divided in their attitudes than popularly believed, according to new research. It is exactly those perceptions of polarization, however, that help drive political engagement, researchers ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 28, 2012 |
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Study: Most people still don't trust online info
Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed the rise of social networks and mobile technology that's put the Internet at an arm's reach, day and night - yet a new study has found that people are even more distrustful of ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Americans move dramatically toward acceptance of homosexuality
Although sharply divided, public attitudes toward gays and lesbians are rapidly changing to reflect greater acceptance, with younger generations leading the way, research by NORC at the University of Chicago ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Poker-faced professions take toll on employees
Employees who have to maintain a neutral disposition while they are on the clock tend to spend more energy to meet that requirement; therefore, they have less energy to devote to work tasks, according to new research from ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Sex of baby shouldn't be chosen, study finds
Most Australians do not approve of IVF or abortion for sex-selection purposes, and most do not think a hypothetical blue or pink pill to select the sex of a child should be legal, a new study has found.
Dec 22, 2010 |
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Britain at political crossroads: study
The National Centre for Social Research today released its latest British Social Attitudes report, its landmark study of the public's attitudes and values, published annually for almost thirty years.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Population ignorance in Australia, survey shows
Australia is growing rapidly and many Australians are worried about this. But evidence from social surveys shows that few of them know much about demographic fundamentals says Swinburne University sociologist Associate Professor ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Black men need special attention from social workers to deal with their needs
(PhysOrg.com) -- Among disadvantaged people in the United States, the most needy and least helped are probably African American men, according to a new book from the University of Chicago’s School of Social ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 27, 2010 |
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Study: Crime rates linked to out-of-wedlock births
(PhysOrg.com) -- A study in the latest issue of The Journal of Law and Economics finds a link between out-of-wedlock births and rates of murder and other crimes.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Death of a salesman? Social media debunks views of advertising
(PhysOrg.com) -- More than 70% of people find advertising 'sinister' and 'devian' if they dislike the company and social media enhances those feelings, a University of Melbourne study has found.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Do scientists understand the public?
Scientific advances often provoke deep concern on the part of the public, especially when these advances challenge strongly held political or moral perspectives.
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Epidemic played large role in shift of attitudes on abortion, author says
Before Roe v. Wade, there was ... German measles.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2010 |
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Color-blind racial ideology linked to racism, both online and offline
Images from racial theme parties that are posted on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace not only elicit different reactions from different people based on their race and their attitudes toward ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 21, 2010 |
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