Sentences with phrase «other social norms»

In addition to fixing the calendar, the day could be used to «fix» other social norms as well.

Not exact matches

«Social norms, which are people's beliefs about what institutions and other people consider acceptable behavior, powerfully influence what people do and don't do,» the pair wrote.

In this article, the style of social interaction known as hygge is analyzed as being related to cultural values that idealize the notion of «inner space» and to other egalitarian norms of everyday life in Scandinavian societies.

The heart and soul of American life remains in what Professor Glendon calls the «law - free spaces, where social life is left to the regulation of norms other than those of state - guaranteed law.»

Secondly I argue that the New Testament's seeing Jesus as example is a necessary correlate of what later theology calls his divine sonship (the other side of the «incarnation»), in such a way that those who downgrade the weight of Jesus» example, on the grounds that his particular social location or example can not be a norm, renew a counterpart of the old «Ebionitic» heresy.

True, it goes without saying that if a man can not in conscience accept the doctrine of the Church as the norm of his faith, this must be respected by others, whether they think his view right or not; and the Church, too, must respect such a conviction and may not suppress it by social pressures or prevent its expression.

Yet Romanticism's sharp antithesis of the individual's creative self - fashioning on the one hand and political, social, and religious norms on the other also sowed the seeds for variously existentialist, hedonistic, and nihilist programs that bear much responsibility for the devastations wrought throughout the twentieth century and into our present.

Its attitudes are found in every branch of Christendom: the quest for negative status, the elevation of minor issues to a place of major importance, the use of social mores as a norm of virtue, the toleration of one's own prejudice but not the prejudice of others, the confusion of the church with a denomination, and the avoidance of prophetic scrutiny by using the Word of God as an instrument of self - security but not self - criticism.

«Interestingly, [our] study did not find significant clustering of muscle - enhancing behaviors within schools,» said Eisenberg, which suggests that, «rather than being driven by a particular sports team coach or other features of a school social landscape, muscle - enhancing behaviors are widespread and influenced by factors beyond school, likely encompassing social and cultural variables such as media messages and social norms of behavior more broadly.»

Babies learn so much from family meals — how to sit and eat with others, how to model after parents and older siblings, and basic social and cultural norms of eating.

And what about these other rules that aren't laws, but they are so ingrained in our culture that we don't even need them to be laws because the citizens keep them alive through social norms?

Or is it because we want other adults to see that we are following social norms, and to make sure they don't think that we are selfish or negligent parents?

«The other thing is that school gardens are not a fringe element anymore, but are becoming a social norm,» said Ratcliffe, farm - to - school program manager for the Oregon State Department of Agriculture.

One of the key components to social skill development and practice is observation of others and picking up on social cues and social norms.

This will serve them well as they continue to develop into social beings, learn how to treat others with respect, begin to follow social norms and evolve into well adjusted people.

In other groups such as urban gangs, «subcultures of violence» exist where higher levels of violence are accepted as a social norm.

The typical Nigerian personality, at least observantly, suffers from impoverished moral sense or conscience, broadly enjoys not conforming to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors, love conning others for personal return or pleasure, recklessly disregard the suffering of others, nonfamily members especially, consistently and repeatedly have no remorse for hurting anyone and buys into mistreating everyone through acts of venality and deceitfulness.

I haven't noticed other parties doing anything like this at their conferences yet, but if this kind of social action became the norm both politicians and the public might have a bit more belief in the public - spirited nature of politics.

Other members like Shanon, just simply enjoy the outdoors, and could care less what the social norm for women could be.

The influence of friends To try to better understand the ways in which social norms might be influencing social clusters of obesity, Brewis and her colleagues interviewed 101 Arizona women aged 18 to 45 — and 812 of their close social ties, including friends, spouses, family members, coworkers and others — about their attitudes toward body size.

This is just one of the many uncaring traits they have that make them disregard the expectations of others and social norms.

Even though they focus on themselves, they show an interest in others, care about social norms and about others» expectations.

A new Social Development study reveals that even when children can not be blamed for a transgression, they tattle about it nonetheless, likely because tattling may be a way for children to enforce norms on others and thus help maintain cooperation.

In other words, social norms might impose female repression of sexual desire.

In this, he concedes that he and other professionals are contending with «deep - rooted social and cultural norms around divisions of labor and a lack of awareness regarding gender issues.»

Social Norms: One of the most difficult challenges I have found when I change my eating habits away from the «norm» is that it is very challenging to deal with the social aspect of eating differently than oSocial Norms: One of the most difficult challenges I have found when I change my eating habits away from the «norm» is that it is very challenging to deal with the social aspect of eating differently than osocial aspect of eating differently than others.

Giving others in my path alternatives to mainstream western social norms in the medical fields.

In the modern day, our social norms dictate that this type of behaviour is obviously forbidden and so men will seek alternative ways to compete against each other whether it is through sports, business, or some other means.

It's all about turning social norms on their head, standing out from the crowd of other singles online, and finding compatibility in a unique and funny way.

Facebook, Twitter, and many other social networking services have drastically changed how we live our lives, including the norms on dating.

For as socially awkward as they can be — at some points they come across as remarkably put together, all things considered, but other times their disaffection and ignorance of social norms shines blatantly through the celluloid — they are remarkably self - aware.

On the other hand, the theory of cultural relativism is based on the idea that there are no objective criteria by which people with different social and religious norms and perspectives can be distinguished.

We wanted to use this to enable schools to do a type of social norms intervention that offers concrete suggestions; for example, saying, «Here are ways that kids in our school have helped other kids, and here are the positive results that have occurred.»

We are born with what political scientist Robert Putnam calls «bonding social capital», a sense of belonging to our family or other people with shared experiences, cultural norms, common purposes or pursuits.

Pinto's story could be repeated by others, though often the problems introverts face are more subtle — when educators reward extroverts for being outspoken leaders, promote social interaction, and make groupwork the norm even though some students thrive when they are working alone.

Suspects include female participation in the labor force; changing social norms; young male isolation from the workforce, schools, and other societal institutions; and government subsidization of single parenthood.

This situation has been explored more recently by other social scientists, who have found that it can lead to social norms under which «nerds» are harassed and studious students of color are accused by their peers of «acting white» (see ««Acting White,»» features, Winter 2006).

These include buying school materials (clothes, supplies, and even homework) on eBay and the Internet; exchanging music on P2P sites; building games with modding (modifying) tools; setting up meetings and dates online; posting personal information and creations for others to check out; meeting people through cell phones; building libraries of music and movies; working together in self - formed teams in multiplayer online role - playing games; creating and using online reputation systems; peer rating of comments; online gaming; screen saver analysis; photoblogging; programming; exploring; and even transgressing and testing social norms.

Of course this is view is thoroughly inaccurate; European - American culture simply dominates social and behavioral norms and policies to such an extent that those who grow up immersed in it can be entirely unaware of the realities of other cultures.

On the other, it could be that students in some schools rate their social - emotional skills more critically than in others, perhaps due to variation in norms across schools that leads to reference bias.

In fact, at least three assumptions seem to be at work when the need for self - control is stressed: first, that we are all at war not only with others but with ourselves, torn between our desires and our reason (or social norms); second, that these desires are fundamentally selfish, aggressive, or otherwise unpleasant; and third, that these desires are very strong, constantly threatening to overpower us if we don't rein them in.

Social studies teachers have already embraced some technologies — such as PowerPoint (or other slideware), WebQuests, and digital video — but teacher - centered, passive pedagogies remain the norm.

Other factors, such as creating a sense of belonging and safety, positive social norms, and opportunities for leadership, voice, and choice and to develop social and emotional skills, need to be included in a personalized learning experience.

Are there other examples of how social norms or constraints have affected their relationship dynamic?

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Swapping the dream of white picked fence for the open road has long been my personal choice and while I never let the societal pressure stop me from following it, there's nothing more reassuring, inspiring and motivating than knowing that you're not walking a lonely path; that there are hundreds of others just like you, who didn't want to base their idea of happiness on the social norms and instead, decided to create it for themselves.

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Their projects aim to question the very meaning of reproduction by relating the reproduction of images to other resonances of the word, such as biological reproduction, in which the child inhabits the womb of the mother, and cultural reproduction, in which social institutions perpetuate norms from generation to generation.

The main issue here is how politics and culture have affected the norms of science; my explanation is multi-factorial and involves several inter-related, and each other reinforcing factors: the science - technology link, the rise of social sciences, science's social norms, victimhood culture, and, importantly, the political use of science.

Although our normative messages made salient that the social norm of most other countries is low - emissions - intensity power generation, they also inadvertently made salient that the social norm in Australia is high - emissions - intensity power generation.