Sentences with phrase «social sensitivity»

Another system that appears to be involved in social sensitivity, particularly sensitivity to social rejection, is the opioid system.

It increases social sensitivity, and as a result, makes that team better.

Second, does the group have high social sensitivity?

This increase in psychopathology following relocating to an individualistic culture among members of ethnic groups with a high proportion of social sensitivity alleles extends to other phenotypes such as social anxiety (Okazaki, 1997) and subclinical depression (Tafarodi and Smith, 2001).

Similarly, individualism may have represented a better fit for populations with a low proportion of social sensitivity alleles where less reactivity to social rejection or exclusion would have been beneficial.

This social construction of the self may function akin to an implicit social support network (Kim et al., 2008) that is likely to buffer individuals with social sensitivity alleles from the adverse consequences of stress and improve life satisfaction.

Here, we review recent work that has demonstrated a robust cross-national correlation between the relative frequency of variants in these genes and the relative degree of individualism — collectivism in each population, suggesting that collectivism may have developed and persisted in populations with a high proportion of putative social sensitivity alleles because it was more compatible with such groups.

This research shows that team effectiveness is correlated with average social sensitivity, which relates to the ability to read and work with others, as well as more equal conversation turn - taking in the group.

MIT's Center for Collective Intelligence found that the teams that are best at problem solving are distinguished not by IQ but by social sensitivity.

One of the easiest ways to gauge social sensitivity is to show someone photos of people's eyes and ask him or her to describe what the people are thinking or feeling — an exam known as the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test.

«This implies that certain aspects of high - SES culture that have been observed in adults, such as increased self - focus and decreased social sensitivity, might be present in children as young as 4 years of age,» says Miller.

Being part of a closely knit and dependable social network appears to particularly benefit those with the putative social sensitivity forms (e.g. 5 - HTTLPR short allele) of these polymorphisms.

Thus, in all three cases (5 - HTTLPR, A118G, MAOA - uVNTR), the alleles hypothesized to influence social sensitivity were more prevalent in collectivistic cultures.

In other words, the psychological and behavioral tendencies associated with collectivism may have been more likely to have been adopted and transmitted in populations with a higher prevalence of such social sensitivity alleles.

This might be particularly challenging for individuals with social sensitivity alleles.

And second, ``... good teams tested as having «high average social sensitivity» — a fancy way of saying that the groups were skilled at intuiting how members felt based on their tone of voice, how people held themselves, and the expressions on their faces» (60 - 61).

This suggests that the reduced lifetime prevalence of depression in populations with a high prevalence of social sensitivity alleles may be due to the increased levels of collectivism in those populations.

Conversely, does greater acculturation of Caucasian immigrants to East Asian cultures confer greater protection against psychopathology in individuals with social sensitivity alleles?

Second, the good teams all had high «average social sensitivity» — a fancy way of saying they were skilled at intuiting how others felt based on their tone of voice, their expressions and other nonverbal cues.

Anna Quindlen, the universal monitor of social sensitivity, urged that a little bombing and strafing was the least that we could do.

Instruction in manners that sustain the habits of detachment, control, and social sensitivity in eating are part of the long and never - completed task of weaning.

In principle, physical education provides the best opportunity for the harmonious development of the entire person, through contests of skill in which intelligence, esthetic imagination, social sensitivity, and moral purpose are channeled through significant physical activity.

The working together of these three groups in the life of the school requires insight, social sensitivity and competence so that the school can be healthy and best serve the needs of the children.

These include our life of feeling (emotions, aesthetics, and social sensitivity), our willpower (the ability to get things done), and our moral nature (being clear about right and wrong).

Dr Díez Nicolás said: «The circumstances in country are very different, but basically it depends on two factors, social sensitivity, and legislation.

Differences in activity levels, social sensitivity, awareness of other people — these become magnified once a child figures out which gender she or he belongs to.

Since then, the theory has expanded to include everything from women's athletic ability to men's social sensitivity.

Some topics carry a lot of weight, due to political correctness, taboo or controversy, or social sensitivity.

• Ethical implications of research studies and theory, including reference to social sensitivity.

What is social sensitivity?

Social Sensitivity: sensitivity to and understanding of other people's moods, feelings and point of view Social Persuasion: ability for influencing other people Interpersonal Work: interest and skill for jobs involving working with people.

The «social sensitivity» of Rat Terriers makes them very trainable and easier to live with for the average human but it also means that extensive socialization is critical.

Since many studies have shown that women tend to score higher than men on tests of social sensitivity (EQ or Emotional Intelligence)-- people with these skills (whether they be women or men) will usually produce better results than a team whose strength is primarily higher IQ's.

Thus, collectivism may be more compatible with populations possessing a high proportion of social sensitivity alleles and may lead to higher levels of well - being in such populations.

The relationship between allele frequency and depression was partially mediated by individualism — collectivism, suggesting that reduced levels of depression in populations with a high proportion of social sensitivity alleles is due to greater collectivism.

For example, is greater cultural assimilation among East Asian immigrants to North America associated with higher risk for psychopathology in individuals with social sensitivity alleles?

A robust relationship was found such that the 5 - HTTLPR short allele, which we have referred to here as a social sensitivity allele, was much more prevalent in collectivistic populations than individualistic populations.

In line with the social sensitivity hypothesis, a potential explanation for this relationship is that collectivism improves emotional well - being in populations with a high prevalence of social sensitivity alleles.

Conversely, in individualistic cultures there may have been selective pressures decreasing the prevalence of social sensitivity alleles.

Again, the putative social sensitivity allele, the G allele, was more prevalent in populations with greater collectivism.

We then extend this social sensitivity hypothesis to the cultural realm and present evidence indicating that it may be of relevance to the cultural construct of individualism — collectivism.

Given that there is a higher prevalence of these putative social sensitivity alleles in East Asian populations than in Caucasian populations, there may be a relationship between the relative proportion of these alleles and the predominant cultural forms in a population.

Thus it became clear that social sensitivity and the other key competencies they had identified were indeed relevant to job performance.