Urbanization improves out-group trust
It's a trope that's played out in many forms: an innocent villager goes to the big city, and their naivety in the ways of the world is immediately rewarded with someone taking advantage of their trust.
It's a trope that's played out in many forms: an innocent villager goes to the big city, and their naivety in the ways of the world is immediately rewarded with someone taking advantage of their trust.
Social Sciences
Dec 7, 2021
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Three quarters of young people regularly talk to strangers on the South African social network MXit, raising concerns about the risks for young people on the mobile Internet, according to a study Tuesday.
Internet
Oct 11, 2011
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(Phys.org)—Male birds use their song to dupe females they have just met by pretending they are in excellent physical condition. Just as some men try to cast themselves in a better light when they approach would-be dates, ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 18, 2012
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Even as the COVID-19 pandemic persists, there's hope that life will return to some level of normalcy in 2022.
Social Sciences
Jan 13, 2022
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Facebook is expanding its fundraising tools that let users ask friends and strangers to give them money to help pay for education, medical or other expenses.
Internet
May 24, 2017
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Imagine you have a choice to make. In one scenario, you'd get $8 and somebody else—a stranger – would get $8 too. In the other, you'd get $10; the stranger would get $12.
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2013
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Although holiday sales and events try to drive as many customers to retail stores as possible, a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research shows that the crowding may drive them away as well.
Social Sciences
Dec 13, 2011
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Police in western Germany have issued an urgent appeal to parents: don't post photos of your children on social media websites for all to see.
Internet
Oct 14, 2015
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The more violent and prepared a would-be child abductor is, the more vulnerable victims are to being taken, new research has found.
Social Sciences
Mar 29, 2019
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Fear of dangerous strangers in inner-city neighbourhoods is keeping kids and teens from using playgrounds and parks to be physically active.
Social Sciences
Sep 30, 2009
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