News tagged with friend
Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...
Be your best friend if you'll be mine: Alliance Hypothesis for Human Friendship
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 03, 2009 |
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University of Pennsylvania psychologists studying the cognitive mechanisms behind human friendship have determined that how you rank your best friends is closely related to how you think your friends rank you. The results ...
Half of your friends lost in seven years
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2009 |
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Had a good chat with someone recently? Has a good friend just helped you to do up your home? Then you will be lucky if that person still does that in seven years time. Sociologist Gerald Mollenhorst investigated how the context ...
Go ahead, unfriend 'em
Mar 10, 2009 |
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I knew I had to delete her or suffer the consequences.
When it comes to drinking, college men not looking for a 'girl gone wild'
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 09, 2009 |
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College women may be drinking to excess to impress their male counterparts on campuses across the country, but a new study suggests most college men are not looking for a woman to match them drink for drink.
A Sentiment for All Seasons: We Offer Help More Often Than Ask for It
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- People do act as if it is better to give than receive, but perhaps not for purely altruistic reasons, Yale researchers report.
