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'Nerd Penalty': Social Costs of School Success Are Highest for African Americans, Study Shows
November 17, 2010 — African American and Native American teens who do well in school suffer from a higher "nerd penalty" than white, Asian and Hispanic youth, according to a new ... > full story -
Genetics Has a Big Impact on How a Person Operates in a Social Group
November 10, 2010 — How well a person performs in a coalition is partly hereditary, according to a recent study. Researchers found that how successfully an individual operates in a group is as much down to having the ... > full story -
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'Training Away Stereotypes': People Trained to Think in Opposition to Stereotypes Are More Receptive to Advertising Starring Minority Actors
November 1, 2010 — It may seem difficult to change stereotypical thinking. Perceptions can be very important in forming an individual's attitudes. Now, researchers have found that people conditioned to think in ... > full story -
Facebook Study Finds Race Trumped by Ethnic, Social, Geographic Origins in Forging Friendships
October 28, 2010 — Race may not be as important as previously thought in determining who buddies up with whom, suggests the UCLA-Harvard study of American college students on Facebook. Sociologists have long maintained ... > full story -
School Attendance, Refusal Skills Combat Smoking Risk in Youth
October 26, 2010 — New research is examining the unique differences in adolescent tobacco use among Asians and other groups to provide specific recommendations for prevention and treatment. The study found that youths ... > full story -
You May Not Be Able to Say How You Feel About Your Race
October 7, 2010 — A new study looks at how much African Americans and whites favor or prefer their own racial group over the other, how much they identify with their own racial group, and how positively they feel ... > full story -
Alcohol Consumers Are Becoming the Norm in U.S., Analysis Finds
September 29, 2010 — More people are drinking than 20 years ago, according to an analysis of national alcohol consumption patterns in the United States. Gathered from more than 85,000 respondents, the data suggests that ... > full story -
Predicting Divorce: Study Shows How Fight Styles Affect Marriage
September 28, 2010 — It's common knowledge that newlyweds who yell or call each other names have a higher chance of getting divorced. But a new study shows that other conflict patterns also predict ... > full story -
African-American Seniors at Twice the Risk for Mental Abuse, Five Times for Financial Exploitation, Study Finds
September 28, 2010 — Researchers conducted the first population-based survey to indicate a racial disparity in the psychological abuse of senior citizens, finding that African American seniors could be twice as likely to ... > full story -
Standardized Violence-Prevention Programs May Not Prevent Teen Fighting, Findings Suggest
September 17, 2010 — Researchers have uncovered new insights on adolescent fighting: what triggers it, and how to stem ... > full story
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