Sentences with phrase «social decisions toward»

Observing the choice of another leads both individual and social decisions toward whatever the other person's expressed risk preference is.

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The Socialist Decision is also of interest, however, to those not especially oriented toward Marxism, since much of what Tillich has to say is pertinent to any effort to relate Christian theology and ethics to the social problems of our times.

«ARAMARK is the largest U.S. - based food service company taking a stand on this issue and the company's decision to eliminate pork from methods using gestation crates is a move toward even greater social responsibility,» said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States.

Some barriers include the negative attitudes of women and their partners and family members, as well as health care professionals, toward breastfeeding, whereas the main reasons that women do not start or give up breastfeeding are reported to be poor family and social support, perceived milk insufficiency, breast problems, maternal or infant illness, and return to outside employment.2 Several strategies have been used to promote breastfeeding, such as setting standards for maternity services3, 4 (eg, the joint World Health Organization — United Nations Children's Fund [WHO - UNICEF] Baby Friendly Initiative), public education through media campaigns, and health professionals and peer - led initiatives to support individual mothers.5 — 9 Support from the infant's father through active participation in the breastfeeding decision, together with a positive attitude and knowledge about the benefits of breastfeeding, has been shown to have a strong influence on the initiation and duration of breastfeeding in observational studies, 2,10 but scientific evidence is not available as to whether training fathers to manage the most common lactation difficulties can enhance breastfeeding rates.

In this talk, I will discuss the progress made from two lines of neuroscience research toward this goal involving pairs of nonhuman primates, presented with specific empirical results from the studies of social decision - making and social gaze interaction.

All are geared toward teaching core values, developing social and emotional learning and building good decision making skills.

For those edging toward retirement, he includes chapters on pre - and post-retirement decisions, Social Security, estate planning and when and where to retire.

The focus of society's decision makers now appears to be shifting away from the physical sciences (which will continue to further refine data and conclusions) and is moving toward the domain of the social sciences.

Teenagers should be directing their energies toward personal achievement: getting good grades, developing themselves, learning to prioritize their own time and make their own decisions, enlarging their social spheres in the world, preparing for college, and becoming comfortable with less dependency on parents.

He works in various areas — self and identity, judgment and decision making, moral psychology, and social cognition — all toward an understanding of how people reason about and behave in ambiguous and challenging social, economic, political, and moral settings.

Teaching Empathy Institute's Little Talks that Make a Big Difference podcasts focus on meeting the social and emotional needs of students, moving them toward healthy social decision - making and...

The aim, said history teacher Mari Edwards, is to move students toward «responsible decision - making and making ethical and constructive choices about themselves and their social behavior.»

The aim, Edwards said, is to move students toward «responsible decision - making and making ethical and constructive choices about themselves and their social behavior.»