News tagged with social context

Half of your friends lost in seven years

Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (10) | comments 7

Partner status influences women's interest in men

A study by Indiana University neuroscientist Heather Rupp found that a woman's partner status influenced her interest in the opposite sex.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (10) | comments 2

Face off: Misunderstood expressions facilitate adolescent aggression

Juvenile delinquency may be a result of misunderstood social cues. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health shows that male juvenile delinquents frequently misint ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Social behavior can make predators even pickier

Your greedy cat may turn up his nose at different food, but wild animals can be conservative when it comes to food choices too. And new research suggests that, in a group, even adventurous individuals can ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Social context may be a better indicator of obesity disparities than race

When analyzing obesity disparities among women, socioeconomic status and social context may be more important than race, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Hopkins ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

When imitation doesn't flatter: When do consumers care about mimicry?

Consumers react strongly to their product choices being copied, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. They really dislike it when the copycat is someone similar to them.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

In times of scandal, corporations are likely to use others' misconduct to justify their behavior

Among corporations involved in the 2006 stock-option backdating scandal, those implicated earlier were more likely to dismiss their top executives than those that surfaced later on, according to new research from Rice University ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Internet dating sites need to take cultural differences into account: researchers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Online dating sites that are used around the world need to take into account cultural differences, researchers at the University of Bath have found.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 27, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Social environment

The social environment (context), also known as the milieu, is the identical or similar social positions and social roles as a whole that influence the individuals of a group. The social environment of an individual is the culture that he or she was educated and/or lives in, and the people and institutions with whom the person interacts. A given social environment is likely to create a feeling of solidarity amongst its members, who are more likely to keep together, trust and help one another. Members of the same social environment will often think in similar styles and patterns even when their conclusions differ.

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