Social Sciences News - Psychology, Sociology

Stoners are not as lazy and unmotivated as stereotypes suggest, according to new U of T Scarborough research.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ditch-held-stereotypes-stoners.html

Pronouns like "he" and "she" are at the center of much debate as society tries to shift to using more gender-inclusive pronouns like "they"—especially when referring to those with identities th...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-pronoun-language-beliefs.html

Platforms that offer rides to passengers, such as Uber and DiDi, thrive on socio-economic inequality. By modeling the behavior of passengers and self-employed drivers, researchers of TU Delft sim...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-ridesourcing-platforms-socio-economic-inequality.html

With a federal subsidy that has provided less expensive or free broadband internet to more than 23 million American households due to run out of money by the end of May, a new University of Massa...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-infrastructure-major-barrier-high-internet.html

Finding the best person to fill a position can be tough, from drafting a job ad to producing a shortlist of top interview candidates.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-character-candidate-job.html

I live on the edge of Parramatta, Australia's fastest-growing city, on the kind of old-fashioned suburban street that has 1950s fibros constructed in the post-war housing boom, double-story brick...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-suburbs.html

People who speak a regional dialect or who have an accent may be at a disadvantage in personnel selection processes. This is the result of a new meta-analysis carried out by researchers at Freie ...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-meta-analysis-reveals-dialect-accent.html

Language skills are one of the key factors to explain residential segregation and play an important role in understanding immigrant residential environments, new research from the University of A...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-language-skills-key-residential-segregation.html

Several years ago, a team of scientists from MIT and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell designed and deployed a first-of-its-kind web programming course for incarcerated individuals across...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-efficacy-web-incarcerated-individuals.html

Understanding why some people trust some scientists more than others is a key factor in solving social problems with science. But little was known about the trust levels across the diverse range ...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-people-scientists.html

Who plans the agenda for vacations in your family? Who's the first to step up to care for mom and dad or grandma and grandpa? Who's the one organizing family holidays? Chances are if you have an ...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-eldest-daughter-syndrome-real-condition.html

A Vatican declaration, the "Infinite Dignity," has brought renewed attention to how religions define and interpret gender and gender roles.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-gender-nonconforming-ancient-romans-refuge.html

While some might think that family-run farms are a thing of the past, they are in fact the dominant business model in Europe. In 2020, they accounted for slightly more than 9 in every 10 of the E...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-family-farms-fast-young-generations.html

From July to August, Paris will host the 2024 Olympic games. However, once the athletes and spectators have packed up and left, the Games will leave behind a lasting social impact on the run-down...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-impact-investing-paris-suburban-banlieue.html

A study conducted at the University of Turku shows that investment by maternal grandmothers can improve the well-being of grandchildren who have faced adversities in life. The positive effects ca...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-maternal-grandmothers-buffers-children-impacts.html

Many famous singers have distinctive voices. But why do we prefer some singers to others? A team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Ma...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-magic-voices-singers.html

Restaurants can benefit from keeping their customers waiting, according to a new study from researchers in the Penn State School of Hospitality Management.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-lines-boost-popularity-restaurant-brands.html

Commercial bankers provide capital to fund the operations and growth of businesses. However, as these lenders evaluate entrepreneurs who apply for loans, gender bias leads to women being denied m...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-startup-gender-gaps-greater-societies.html

A computer game helped upper secondary school students become better at distinguishing between reliable and misleading news. This is shown by a study conducted by researchers at Uppsala Universit...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-game-students-fake-news.html

Forget shattering the glass ceiling—a new research study published in The Leadership Quarterly warns that crises like the recent COVID-19 pandemic or a global financial crash could slam the bra...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-crises-pandemics-financial-stall-gender.html

Birds of a feather flock together, as the popular saying goes. It seems that this also applies to narcissistic managers, as a research team led by Professor Lorenz Graf-Vlachy from TU Dortmund Un...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-narcissistic-ceos-narcissists-board.html

In the course of inclusion, teachers are increasingly instructing pupils with special educational needs. Stereotypes regarding these children and adolescents can influence how the teachers deal w...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-stereotypes-pre-teachers-associate-pupils.html

Humor is central to human interaction and social perception. However, hardly any research has looked at how humor works in top management communication. This is where a new conceptual study comes...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-aggressive-humor-pay-ceos.html

A study of policing at WorldPride and Mardi Gras events in 2023 found it was heavy-handed and damaging to its relationship with the LGBTQIA+ community.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-drug-dogs-police-presence-future.html

Scotland's new hate crime law came into force on April 1, sparking immediate controversy over its potential effects on freedom of speech and expression, especially online. The Hate Crime and Publ...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-scotland-crime-law-problem-laws.html

Female employees with access to family leave policies bear the brunt of economic downturns, according to a new study.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-policies-disadvantage-women-tough.html

A bridge in Baltimore collapsing, a door falling off an airplane and antisemitism—what do they have in common? In recent months, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) has been blamed for all th...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-term-dei-weaponized-racist-dog.html

People are living longer lives compared to previous generations but, over the last few decades, there has been a hidden shift—they are passing away at increasingly similar ages.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-trends-human-lifespans-inequality.html

Have you ever felt sick at work? Perhaps you had food poisoning or the flu. Your belly hurt, or you felt tired, making it hard to concentrate and be productive.

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-colleagues-pain-discomfort-periods-theyre.html

The emergence in the Neolithic of patrilineal social systems, in which children are affiliated with their father's lineage, may explain a spectacular decline in the genetic diversity of the Y chr...

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-social-decline-genetic-diversity-chromosome.html