Sentences with phrase «rather than similarities»

Second, in some circumstances, differences rather than similarities between partners can improve relationships, consistent with the notion that opposites may attract and that complementary attributes may diminish conflict (Berscheid & Walster, 1969).

As Miller explained in 1959, «Differences rather than similarities in point of view, as well as in age, experience and fame, have been emphasized in these exhibitions at the Museum... bringing together distinct and widely varying personalities.»

Danh Vō and approach the proposition of object making from very different angles, and viewed at such close proximity — at Marian Goodman Gallery and round the corner at Frith Street Gallery respectively — the common tactic of appropriating artefacts and materials serves most acutely to point up the differences between them, rather than similarities.

[3] Humans tend to choose partners based on their differences rather than their similarities, but women on the pill choose partners based on their sameness.

It almost goes without saying that the social applications of race emphasized people's distinctions rather than similarities, and that the discrimination has been cruel.

«In management theory, we focus more on leaders» differences rather than their similarities.

His assertions focused on the pattern of symptoms rather than the similarity of them.

Not exact matches

Many of us have spent the past months finding similarities between Francis of Assisi and Francis of Buenos Aires, who took up residence in a guest house in Vatican City rather than the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace.

In addition, it may be useful to point out that in his valuable book Understanding Whitehead, Victor Lowe states (UW50) that Whitehead's «conception of growth has points of similarity with Hegel's, but differs in having no use for «contradiction,» and in presenting a hierarchy of categories of feeling rather than a hierarchy of categories of thought.»

It is unfortunate that we tend to look at differences rather than look at similarities... Quran is an extension of the Holy Torah and the Holy Bible.

There is a concerted effort by many of the world religions to create unity by focusing on the similarities rather than the differences.

His conception of growth has points of similarity with Hegel's, but differs in having no use for «contradiction,» and in presenting a hierarchy of categories of feeling rather than a hierarchy of categories of thought.

So you take what the early church fathers, the ones trying to legitimize their religion as much as possible, the ones saying that all the similarities are products of the devil, and just take their word rather than actual archaeological evidence and anthropological study?

In many ways, the Pentecostal movement (and the Wesleyan tradition that underwrites it) has more similarities to the Eastern church rather than the Western church in its Protestant or Catholic forms.

And I'm not even mentioning consciousness and self - awareness, which I believe is what establishes similarity with the creator rather than merely the physical form.

I think that rather than being threatened by seeing the similarity between the way of Jesus and the way of these other great wisdom teachers, we should see the similarity as something to be celebrated and proclaimed.

Griffin lists the similarities between Open free will theists and process free will theists as agreements that (a) the criteria for judging theological positions are broadly biblically based, rationally consistent, and consistent with the best knowledge of the contemporary world, (b) God is the supreme power and is perfect in power, (c) God created our universe, (d) God is active in nature and human history, (e) God is a personal, purposive being involving temporality and response to the world, (f) God is essentially love rather than power, and (g) there is salvation after death (10 - 14).

Contrary to the theory of evolution, the Bible teaches that God separately created distinct kinds of organisms, and that the similarities between these organisms point to a common Creator rather than a common origin.

Sir David Cannadine is one of our most distinguished historians and in The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences (Allen Lane # 30) he attempts to show how so much of our writing of history has been driven by a desire to dramatise differences rather than common similarities.

«Our results suggest the remarkable similarity between some crocodilians and toothed whales is driven by what they eat rather than where they live,» said lead author Mr Matthew McCurry from the Monash School of Biological Sciences.

In this case, pregnancy occurred through artificial insemination with semen from stallions other than those exposed to the females; thus, the effect was driven by physical exposure of the mares to «stimulus» males, rather than by the genetic similarity of the donors.

Human echolocation shares some similarities with animal echolocation, though people use the skill to compensate for their sight, rather than as an additional sense.

First, DNA analysis suggests that related males (which might have similar tastes due to genetic similarity rather than learning) aren't grouped together.

To investigate how signal traits vary in relation to the overall social environment, the authors of this study tested whether neighboring birds sharing a territory boundary, rather than birds just flying in the area, is related to similarity in dawn song traits between territorial wild great tits.

It is unfortunate that most graduate programs in the sciences view the Ph.D. as a purely academic degree, rather than seeing its close similarity to professional degrees.

Since then, taxonomists have tried to group organisms according to common ancestry rather than mere similarity.

«Personal pronouns are known to be especially resistant to borrowing which is why their similarity indicates a genealogical link, rather than language contact.»

Rather than the psittaci strain that's common in other animals, koalas are usually infected with C. pecorum, which shares a DNA homology, or similarity, of less than 10 percent with the human strain.

The researchers say that the apparent similarity between human children and young chimpanzees in the observed male bias in object manipulation, and manipulation during play in particular, may suggest that object play functions as motor skill practice for male - specific behaviours such as dominance displays, which sometimes involve the aimed throwing of objects, rather than purely to develop tool use skills.

But the similarities leave open another possibility: despite their strange appearance, the Ediacaran organisms might actually be related to living animals rather than being a «failed evolutionary experiment ``.

Please note that because similarities have been normalized across dyads for each brain region, values depicted in this figure should be compared across social distance levels for each brain region, rather than across brain regions within or across social distances.

(The same pattern of results was obtained when weighting each ROI equally, rather than in proportion to volume as described in Supplementary Note 3, or when neural response similarities were not normalized across subjects for each brain region prior to analysis, as described in Supplementary Note 2.)

«We think it is sort of a real emulation, rather than simulation because they have the physical similarity,» Yang says.

That 1975 paper documented the 99 - percent similarity of genes from humans and chimps and suggested that altered gene regulation, rather than changes in coding, might explain how so few genetic changes could produce the wide anatomic and behavioral differences between the two.

They are completely different products, the only similarity being that they both collect rather than absorb menses like a tampon.

Look for the similarities rather than simply focussing on all the differences and being judgmental.

They want shared values, intellect, and other similarities to be there, and are open to the fact that love may grow over time rather than occur instantly on the first date.

According to Finkel, «developers of matching algorithms have tended to focus on the information that is easy for them to assess, like similarity in personality and attitudes, rather than the information that relationship science has found to be crucial for predicting long - term relationship well - being.

The film admirably fights off similarity to Greg Mottola's theme park - set Adventureland by plumping for heartwarming human relationships over comedy, rather than the other way around.

There are similarities between the Coen brothers» chillingly hilarious masterpiece and Hawley's new story, but they're shadows more than reflections; intriguingly misshaped lumps of snow rather than perfect icy replicas.

That's right; everything I've just said applies to both Poppins and Bedknobs, leading one to conclude rather than just containing some striking similarities, the latter film was deliberately modeled after the earlier hit.

Rather than leading to any recognition on the part of its audience of similarities, what the film does is make very clear that there are no similarities.

Running on a platform that focuses on the similarities the student body shares rather than the differences, she tries to garner votes from all sections of the campus.

Organize online training activities and tasks that focus on similarities rather than differences.

That said, it seems clear that, as a nation, we have not done nearly enough to teach our children how to look across lines of race and class and see similarities rather than differences — to see...

That said, it seems clear that, as a nation, we have not done nearly enough to teach our children how to look across lines of race and class and see similarities rather than differences — to see themselves and their friends reflected in the faces of others rather than unknown and perhaps unknowable strangers.

Despite this similarity, though, each car utilizes a different exhaust design with the latest example getting two outlets on the driver's side of the car rather than the previous prototype that had one outlet on each side.

Having said that, my view would be that rather than looking for similarities, it's about making a conscious decision about the aim of your new strand of editorial.

The similarities between Barnes & Noble's latest offerings and what Amazon unveiled a few weeks ago is rather startling: Both are pushing a full - blown content consumption tablet (though Amazon's may be $ 50 cheaper than the Barnes & Noble Tablet) and, just like Amazon, Barnes & Noble is now reportedly set to offer its original E Ink devices at bargain - basement prices.

The Story HD has a cream front with a rather bland brown backing on it, but other than that, as pictured, the similarities are hard to ignore.