Sentences with phrase «as social creatures»

Lastly, we have such a yearning for love as social creatures, that we will convince ourselves of just about anything in order to fill the empty spots in our hearts.
As social creatures, dogs dislike the unnatural feeling of being left home alone.
As social creatures, this chemical is essential in generating feelings of trust and empathy between members of the tribe.
As social creatures, our brains are hardwired to function at their peak when we are interacting with other people.
Humans evolved as social creatures, hardwired to live our best with consistent and varied interactions.
As social creatures, humans have a range of pain - related behaviors, such as complaining, which acts as a «placebo for getting satisfied,» Flaherty says.
We evolved as social creatures and the use of ethics and morality are what allowed us to cooperate with each other.
While it also doesn't necessarily kill, it does damage to the human body as a social creature.

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Humans are social creatures; just look at the massive impact and expansion of social media in the past decade as proof.
Smith and Denton have an urgent message: stop defining adolescence as «a social problem» and adolescents as «alien creatures, strange and menacing beings, perhaps even monsters driven by raging hormones, visiting us from another planet.»
I say that «human beings remain as they were — creatures hungry for love and commitment, who... are looking for the forms of social life that make love and giving possible.»
«We are intellectual, social and emotional creatures just as God is.»
Even as God's work as Creator is in the deeper interest of every creature in a cosmic order that frees it to realize its own interests as fully as possible in solidarity with all its fellow creatures, so right actions toward others and, even more so, right structures of social and cultural order are byway of realizing the same deeper interest, thereby carrying forward God's own work of creation.
Thus we now recognize not only that we have the power in principle to transform these structures so that they more nearly allow for the realization of all relevant interests but also that it is in the deeper interest of all creatures that there be a social and cultural order that frees each of them to realize its interests as fully as possible in solidarity with all the others.
Instead of seeing the natural world as one among the social ethical concerns of human beings, it displays the human race as one species of God's creatures alongside others, a species with special prerogatives and responsibilities within creation.
There Mill argues that the primary source of utilitarianism's strength as a guide to action (its «ultimate sanction») is to be found in «the social feelings of mankind — the desire to be in unity with our fellow creatures» (U 40).
That is viewed as the primary violation against this crazy being who prefers his creatures to walk in nekkidness and total ignorance of anything like social mores.
God created us to be social creatures, not only in our family and friendships but in our worship as well.
But I think that the instinct of self - transcendence which defines mankind as a social and spiritual creature is for us at least very nearly as basic as the instinct of self - preservation which we share with all other forms of life.
As humans, we are social and physical creatures and suffer drawbacks when we are not physically connected to others.
We, as human beings, are social creatures who want to interact.
«This may be a fascinating snapshot into the evolution of a social creature as it transitions from hunter to gatherer.»
As perhaps with any social creature, Fischer points out that higher social competence and the ability to conform to social hierarchies may well stand the cichlids in good stead in later life:
With their unusually large brains relative to their body size and advanced cognition, parrots live in a complex social environment — not merely in a large population of cooperating creatures, such as bees or ants, but in a dynamic setting of alliances and competitors.
Vargo said the work represents an important breakthrough, especially when one considers social insects such as honeybees, fire ants and termites are remarkable creatures among which thousands of individuals work together to form a superorganism.
We as beings are social creatures.
As human beings we are social creatures and most of us interact with an assortment of different people every single day.
There's no question that more and more of us are spending huge portions of our time online and being the social creatures that we are, we naturally develop online relationships in much the same way as we would offline.
In Sergei Loznitsa's weighty social comment «A Gentle Creature,» a woman in the Russian countryside quietly sets out to deliver a care package to her (presumably wrongfully) imprisoned husband and encounters such heavy obstacles that would play as satire if they weren't so dramatic.
Showalter (also starring as CPA Elliot Sherman) plays the titular schlub, the «Baxter» being a creature of extreme nerdy social incompetence most often glimpsed in frown and tux in the retreating background of Dustin Hoffman rescuing Katharine Ross from the altar.
As a comedic canvas, A Gentle Creature reliably surprises, bringing its own special energy to a Russian tradition of grotesque social panoramas (à la Aleksei German's Hard to Be a God or Ilya Khrzhanovsky's 4).
We're also social creatures, so that takes care of that element as well.
Basic human psychology demands that, because we're social creatures, our work should have as wide an audience as possible.
Because as humans, we're social creatures.
However, as male cheetahs are known to be social creatures who form alliances in their natural habitat, the MRZ knew that they had to source for a furry BFF for Kumbali.
Rabbits have strong legs meant for active living, such as running and jumping, and they are very social creatures, which is why they need daily exercise.
Birds can be social creatures and they need attention as well and will act out when they are neglected.
As mentioned before, guinea pigs are very social creatures, and for this reason thrive more with other guinea pigs around.
Dogs are both social creatures and pack animals, and as such, you need to be the one who is in control, not your dog.
Contrary to the myth of the cat as a solitary creature, ferals are also highly social and form strong bonds within their colony.
Although it's important to ensure you have a «safe» area your puppy can retreat to, as dogs are social creatures they will often choose to stay with their family even if they feel a bit overwhelmed.
As compassionate and competent as a shelter's chosen volunteers may be, only a full time family can give an animal the necessary tender loving care such a social creature deserveAs compassionate and competent as a shelter's chosen volunteers may be, only a full time family can give an animal the necessary tender loving care such a social creature deserveas a shelter's chosen volunteers may be, only a full time family can give an animal the necessary tender loving care such a social creature deserves.
Because they are such social creatures, they don't do well as outdoor dogs — they need to be with their humans.
They don't pine over their missed opportunities like humans do; they don't wallow in self - pity; they don't hold grudges against the people and forces that kept them down for so long; and they don't have egos that keep them from settling down and becoming just normal, calm, happy social creatures, as soon as they're shown how and given the chance to be.
Paying attention to birds is positive reinforcement, as they are social creatures that don't like to be alone.
Despite popular belief that cats are solitary creatures, it's important to spend a lot of one - on - one time playing together, as social interaction is crucial to their happiness and well - being (and yours too)!
These powerful ocean creatures often breach which can be seen as a part of their social behaviour.
Of course, fusion is also where your Social Links really come into play — fusing a Persona within the «arcana» for which you have established a matching relationship will boost the amount of experience the Persona gains, giving you a stronger creature as a result.
The interwoven nature of Swamp Creature Friends combined with its proximity to residence halls can be seen as a metaphor for the network of social relationships that are part of the college experience.
The body as a place for transformation is shown here from another perspective — in the interplay between being a social creature and at the same time following one's inner calling.
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