Implicit racial bias refers to automatic, non-conscious behaviors, even if one's explicit attitude is not biased at all. Several studies have shown these prejudices are reduced in white people after being in the body of a ...
Social Sciences
Dec 17, 2020
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Children with hearing loss often fail to pick up on nuances in other people's emotional responses. As a result, they do not always understand what is going on. Yung-Ting Tsou, a Ph.D. student at Leiden University, found that ...
Education
Nov 16, 2020
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People often complain that their boss lacks understanding and compassion, thinking they would have approached the job entirely differently. But are leaders really deficient when it comes to empathy? And if so, why?
Social Sciences
Feb 12, 2020
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As teachers return to school, they're thinking about the students who they'll be getting to know. In our province, Manitoba, there are some students who are becoming more prominent in the minds of teachers, particularly the ...
Social Sciences
Sep 3, 2019
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Social media has become a useful tool for the rapid dissemination of information. Writing in the International Journal of Emergency Management, a UK team describes their investigations into whether or not the likes of Twitter ...
Internet
Jan 29, 2019
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Have you ever been around people who spend more time looking at their phone than they do at you? Then you know what it feels like to be "phubbed" – and you're probably guilty of doing it yourself.
Social Sciences
Nov 1, 2018
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How people respond to the same situation can - at least in part - be explained by their cultural background. An often used framework to understand cross-cultural differences in how people feel, think and behave in social ...
Social Sciences
Oct 10, 2017
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Moving up the greasy pole in the office does not make people feel more personally free, new research has shown.
Social Sciences
Aug 15, 2017
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During emergency situations like severe weather or terrorist attacks, local officials and first responders have an urgent need for accessible, reliable and real-time data. Rob Grace, a doctoral student in Penn State's College ...
Engineering
Jul 20, 2017
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It's common now to see people snubbing social companions to concentrate on their smartphone. But what causes this behaviour - known as 'phubbing' - and how did it come to be regarded as normal?
Social Sciences
Jun 7, 2016
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