News tagged with social environment

Social stress affects immune system gene expression in monkeys

The ranking of a monkey within her social environment and the stress accompanying that status dramatically alters the expression of nearly 1,000 genes, a new scientific study reports. The research is the first ...

Genetics created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Conservatives can be persuaded to care more about the environment, study finds

When it comes to climate change, deforestation and toxic waste, the assumption has been that conservative views on these topics are intractable. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, ...

Medical research created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Musical experience offsets some aging effects

(Medical Xpress) -- A growing body of research finds musical training gives students learning advantages in the classroom. Now a Northwestern University study finds musical training can benefit Grandma, too, by offsetting ...

Medical research created May 11, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Study links social environment to high attempted suicide rates among gay youth

In the wake of several highly publicized suicides by gay teenagers, a new study finds that a negative social environment surrounding gay youth is associated with high rates of suicide attempts by lesbian, gay, and bisexual ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Playground peers can predict adult personalities

Even on the playground, our friends know us better than we know ourselves. New research has revealed that your childhood peers from grade school may be able to best predict your success as an adult.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Psychologists analyze development of prejudices within children

Girls are not as good at playing football as boys, and they do not have a clue about cars. Instead they know better how to dance and do not get into mischief as often as boys. Prejudices like these are cultivated from early ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Half of Dutch teenagers regularly have a mild psychotic experience: study

Mild psychotic experiences, such as delusive ideas or moderate feelings of paranoia, regularly occur among adolescents. Of the almost 7700 Dutch young people aged 12 to 16 years who were investigated by NWO researcher Hanneke ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Is there a dark side to moving in sync?

Moving in harmony can make people feel more connected to one another and, as a result, lead to positive collective action. Think of those feel-good vibes created in a yoga class as students move in unison through their downward-facing ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Why does conflict arise when social identity is threatened?

Be it at school, office, the neighborhood or the community people live in, conflicting situations amongst various groups might arise on an almost day to day basis. Today, the prevalence of these intergroup conflicts is on ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Digital worlds can help autistic children to develop social skills

The benefits of virtual worlds can be used to help autistic children develop social skills beyond their anticipated levels, suggest early findings from new research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Family's economic situation influences brain function in children

Children of low socioeconomic status work harder to filter out irrelevant environmental information than those from a high-income background because of learned differences in what they pay attention to, according to new research ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Humour styles and bullying in schools: Not a laughing matter

There is a clear link between children's use of humour and their susceptibility to being bullied by their peers, according to a major new study released today by Keele University.

Psychology & Psychiatry created May 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

School-based kitchen gardens are getting an A+

Grow it, try it, and you just might like it is a motto many schools are embracing to encourage children to eat more fruits and vegetables. Through community-based kitchen garden programs, particularly those with dedicated ...

Health created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

GPA may be contagious in high-school social networks

High school students whose friends' average grade point average (GPA) is greater than their own have a tendency to increase their own GPA over the course of a year, according to research published February 13 in the open ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Feb 13, 2013 | popularity 3 / 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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