A pandemic of armchair experts: How we decide who and what to believe
We appear to live in an age of misinformation.
Social Sciences
Nov 22, 2021
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News tagged with peer group
Male teachers are most likely to rate highly in university student feedback
University students, like many in society, demonstrate bias against women and particularly women from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Social Sciences
Feb 14, 2019
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Peer effects, personal characteristics and asset allocation
Both academic researchers and practitioners know that behavioural biases can drive household financial decisions away from standard finance models, and that people don't always follow the professional advice they receive. ...
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Sep 14, 2018
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Friends influence middle schoolers' attitudes toward peers of different ethnicities, races
The United States is increasingly diverse ethnically and racially. Studies have shown that for young people, simply being around peers from different ethnic and racial backgrounds may not be enough to improve attitudes toward ...
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May 22, 2018
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Adolescent bully and peer intervention
It starts with a joke, then maybe a jab. Then another joke, another jab. Then maybe the bullying escalates, or maybe it stays at a low simmer, barely even acknowledged except by the victim. Does anyone say anything to stop ...
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Mar 2, 2017
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Oh brother, where art thou? Sticklebacks prefer to be with relatives
Many animals are able to discriminate between related and unrelated individuals but how they do so has proven remarkably difficult to understand. Joachim Frommen and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 7, 2013
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Multiracial children of single mothers more likely to live in poverty, study finds
(Phys.org) —Multiracial children of single mothers are more likely to live in poverty than white and Asian children of single mothers, but less likely than Hispanic, African-American and Native American children of single ...
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Apr 30, 2013
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Beckhams 'getting posher'
(Phys.org) —David and Victoria Beckham have changed the way they speak to sound less working class, according to a study by University of Manchester linguistics students.
Social Sciences
Apr 15, 2013
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In solving social dilemmas, vervet monkeys get by with a little patience
People could learn a lot from vervet monkeys. When vervets need to work together, they don't tell each other what to do or punish uncooperative behavior. But according to evidence reported on March 28 in the Cell Press journal ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2013
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Poked to Vote: Social media and voter participation
If you logged into Facebook on Election Day 2012, you may have seen – along with political rants and raves from your friends (and pictures of cats) – a nonpartisan message from Facebook at the top of your newsfeed, urging ...
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Jan 25, 2013
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