Sentences with phrase «about social acceptance»

Furthermore myths about social acceptance die hard.

Not exact matches

This area processes rewarding feelings about things like food, sex, money and social acceptance.

The fact is there are already plenty of churches in America, arguably the majority of them in this country, that emphasize social justice, acceptance of LGBT, and «letting science to its thing» — I'm talking about the mainline liberal churches.

Indeed, in the parables and the sayings about the Kingdom, that symbol includes the unconditional acceptance in love of those who are normally outside the religious and social mainstream.

The result is that America is a nation deeply divided between people who are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who are concerned, instead, about «values,» by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.

Mouthwash commercials are not about bad breath, they are about the need for social acceptance and, frequently, about the need to be sexually attractive.

There is also the opposite danger that failure to accept the reality of choice, a fatalistic acceptance of absolute determinism, may lead to such slackening of individual and social effort as to bring about the end of civilization.

Our american culture loves to make everything about the individual and free will / choices over acceptance of one's economic, social, political reality.

There's a lot of general talk and buzz about Foursquare — we've discussed it at length on the NMS Blog (At SXSW Last Year's Next Big Thing Was This Years Actual Big Thing) but with Foursquare and Gowalla gaining more traction and greater acceptance by small and big businesses, it's time to start thinking about the 2010 and 2012 election cycles for geo - social.

Researchers generally posit two psychological mechanisms underlying conformity: (1) people's desire to adopt the majority position so as to feel liked and accepted or believe they share the prevailing opinions of their community (i.e., social acceptance); and (2) people learn from the «wisdom of crowds,» or assume that other people did the research so their collective wisdom indicates something about the quality of the candidate or platform (i.e., social learning).

RealClearPolitics.com quoted openly gay Republican U.S. House candidate Carl DeMaio about how he's been received by opposite ends of the political spectrum: «I've found more tolerance, acceptance and inclusion from social conservative groups who have to reconcile that I'm a Republican who happens to be gay... versus the intolerance the LGBT leaders see me as a gay man who happens to be a Republican.»

Adolescents were assessed annually, answering questions about who their closest friends were, reporting on their friendships, and participating in interviews and assessments exploring such feelings as anxiety, social acceptance, self - worth, and symptoms of depression; teens» close friends also reported on their friendships and were interviewed.

Art teacher Sara Merkel and school social worker Kristen Reichert thought it was important for their students to hear positive messages about kindness, acceptance, and inclusion within the school.

I wanted to talk to teens about God and sex, social media, beauty, conformity, grief and acceptance.

Helen's success as compared to White's initial struggles with Gos led me to wonder about the nature of an obsession - how much is environmental, how much does social stigma or how much is found in our own nature seeking for acceptance, love and fulfillment.

http://rogerpielkejr.blogspot.com/2011/05/ipcc-on-renewable-energy.html» The IPCC does note that there are obstacles — both social and technological — that must be overcome, and appears to make some key assumptions about how this might occur (p. 12 — exact details will have to await the full report, but track records for forecasting technological innovation and social acceptance are not so good)»

And I don't often question your reasoning w / r / t the science, per se, but on your arguments w / r / t the social aspects of the debate and on a few occasions, the rhetoric of your scientific arguments (such as your acceptance of arguments about a «pause» in «global warming.»

Social science has shown that if we talk to people about a problem but don't offer a solution, our acceptance of that problem is radically lower, thereby causing indifference or inaction.

And even if our perception about the formal - to - informal continuum of lawyer commentary changes in terms of social acceptance, we should still be able to place it onto this spectrum.

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These activities provide a way for therapists to develop a relationship with a child, create a comfortable background activity for talking about important issues, and address concerns such as fairness, social skills, and acceptance of winning and losing.

We promise to raise awareness about self - acceptance, intuitive eating and the Health At Every Size ® movement in order to create an anti-diet space that promotes inclusivity, diversity, health and social justice for all.

The greater social and legal acceptance of shared custody in recent decades came about when parents began shouldering more equal parenting responsibilities.

Talkers seek social acceptance and are concerned about what other people think of them.