Social contact with humans is important but the level will vary according to the personality of the cat.
Rabbits are gregarious creatures who enjoy
social contact with their human care - takers.
Not exact matches
As Schilling points out, Einstein once noted: «My passionate sense of
social justice and
social responsibility has always contrasted oddly
with my pronounced freedom from the need for direct
contact with other
human beings and
human communities.
Confined within the geometrically restricted surface of the globe, which is steadily reduced as their own radius of activity increases, the
human particles do not merely multiply in numbers at an increasing rate, but through
contact with one another automatically develop around themselves an ever denser tangle of economic and
social relationships.
They cry much less and they grow to become happier, more intelligent, more independent, more loving and more
social than babies who spend much of their infancy in infant seats, swings, cribs, and all the other plastic baby - holding gadgets that don't provide babies
with human contact.
They cry much less1 and they grow to become happier, more intelligent, more independent, more loving and more
social than babies who spend much of their infancy in infant seats, swings, cribs, and all the other plastic baby - holding devices that don't provide babies
with human contact.
«Study dispels notion
social media displaces
human contact: Face - to - face
contact with friends, family unaffected.»
She explains: «It's about using
social media in an appropriate way to have some
contact with people but making sure we are also taking the time to speak to people on the phone and to meet up face to face... So it's making sure that we appropriately balance our face - to - face and
human interaction as well as the technological ones.»
The original 2001 film wasn't particularly scary either, but it did succeed in delivering some interesting
social commentary on the nature of electronic means of communication, and how it is separating us from actual
human contact, leaving those who succumb to it as empty shells who sit in lonely rooms
with nothing much to live for.
The trio arrived without any «
social graces» as they had little prior
contact with humans.
A puppy isolated early in life from other puppies and
humans will not only fail to establish satisfying
social contact with conspecifics or enjoy companionship
with people later in life (such puppies are extremely fearful of any
social contact), they will also exhibit widespread behavioral and cognitive disabilities as well.
The «Temperament Correct» pit bull: seeks out
human interaction; is responsive, biddable and eager to please; may be genetically predisposed to aggression towards other dogs or animals; is appropriately submissive; is well balanced and optimistic; enjoys handling; presents good eye
contact; is able to be calm in the presence of other dogs on leash or — if initially leash reactive - can learn how to tolerate their presence; is willing to connect
with handler during high arousal; can be handled safely even in times of high arousal; accepts a reasonable amount of confinement; drops arousal levels quickly when removed from a stressful situation; is
social with people of all types; is responsive and good natured; is never aggressive towards
humans.
It is simply cruel to leave such a
social animal outside alone without even minimal
social contact with other dogs or
humans week after week, month after month, night after night.
Marcos Ramirez Erre, a Mexican conceptual artist
with a background in construction went to the Three Parallel Rivers region in Yunnan China because he wanted to focus on «
human beings and the
social relations they generate and the different phenomena that emerge from the
contact between different cultures».
They do not predict, however, a complete end to
human contact: «Artificial intelligence is unlikely to acquire the
social nuances needed at the captain's table or an air steward's ability to deal
with the unusual.»
Certain
human resource manuals in some businesses are being re-written to caution against unwelcome
social interchange
with, for example, strict time measurements imposed on physical
contact, such as a brief embrace.
Since every
human being in the educated world comes into
contact with an educator, leveraging educators» abilities to build relationships can have a powerful ripple effect throughout the community — not only alleviating
social problems such as delinquency, abuse, and violence, but also increasing pro-
social behaviors such as
social responsibility, cooperation, and altruism.
In both animal and
human studies,
social support and
social contact are significant and reliable predictors of health outcomes and mortality,
with effect sizes in
humans on par
with smoking and lipids (29).
Parental separation may also expose children to loss of
social, economic and
human capital.4, 14 Other explanatory factors may derive from characteristics typical of separating parents such as lower relationship satisfaction and higher conflict levels also before the separation.4 The rising numbers of children
with JPC have concerned child clinicians as well as researchers on the subject.20, 21 Child experts have worried about children's potential feelings of alienation from living in two separate worlds, 20 — 22 increased exposure to parental conflict12, 22 and other stressors that JPC may impose on a child.22 Such daily stressors may be long distances to school, friends and leisure activities, lack of stability in parenting and home environment and a need to adjust to the demands of two different family lives.12, 22 The logistics of travelling between their homes and keeping in
contact with friends has been stated as a drawback of JPC in interview studies
with children.23 — 25 Older adolescents, in particular, indicated that they preferred to be in one place.23