https://phys.org/science-news/social-sciences en-us The latest news on social sciences, history, political science, psychology and sociology If there's one thing most office workers can agree on, it's that they tend to feel less productive toward the end of the day and the end of each work week. Now, a team of researchers at Texas A&M University has found objective evidence of this phenomenon in action. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-workers-productive-typos-afternoonespecially-fridays.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Thu, 03 Aug 2023 03:56:43 EDT news610253796 The education of care-experienced children should be redefined to include a much broader range of activities to better support their development and success, a new study says. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-broaden-definition-children-urges.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 02 Aug 2023 16:11:18 EDT news610211475 A single accessory—an ornate necklace from a child's grave in ancient Jordan—provides new insights into social complexity of Neolithic culture, according to a study published August 2, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Hala Alarashi of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain, and the Université Côte d'Azur, France and colleagues. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-neolithic-necklace-child-grave-reveals.html Archaeology Social Sciences Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:00:01 EDT news610189573 In an analysis of more than 5,000 people, frequently working in teams was associated with a greater tendency for women and white men to put in extra effort at work, while other links between job conditions and effort varied between genders and ethnoracial groups. Wei-hsin Yu of the University of California, Los Angeles, U.S, and Janet Chen-Lan Kuo of National Taiwan University, Taiwan, present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on August 2, 2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-teamwork-environments-linked-white-employees.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:00:01 EDT news610189589 In a study involving more than 500 people, participants correctly identified speech deepfakes only 73% of the time, and efforts to train participants to detect deepfakes had minimal effects. Kimberly Mai and colleagues at University College London, UK, presented these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on August 2, 2023. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-speech-deepfakes-frequently-people.html Social Sciences Wed, 02 Aug 2023 14:00:01 EDT news610189556 Jesus has been portrayed in many different ways: from a prophet who alerts his audience to the world's imminent end to a philosopher who reflects on the nature of life. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-chatbot-kinds-latest-representation-jesus.html Social Sciences Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:40:01 EDT news610193323 The power given to Donald Trump is a result of America's racial divide rather than because he is a "cult" leader, a new study says. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-trump-power-resulted-america-racial.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:33:14 EDT news610194792 The global refugee population is more than 26 million people, according to some estimates. Such largescale movements of people affect many countries and have created significant interest among business and management researchers in recent years as companies try to work out how to successfully integrate refugees into their workforces. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-hiring-refugees-good-businesses.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:30:02 EDT news610193301 Modern American politics has been plagued by scandals from Watergate to Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, to Donald Trump's Access Hollywood tapes and impeachments. More recently, President Joe Biden's son Hunter faces tax and gun possession charges, casting a shadow over his father's re-election bid. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-scandals-impact-politicians.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:10:28 EDT news610193425 Despite progress towards greater gender equality, many people remain stubbornly attached to old-fashioned gender roles in romantic relationships between women and men. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-traditional-heterosexual-romance-sexist.html Social Sciences Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:10:01 EDT news610192937 Twitter has long been known for its iconic Blue Bird. On July 23, Elon Musk announced that this famed logo was going to be replaced with an "X." After a series of Musk-driven blunders, the disappearance of the Blue Bird has been seen by some as the final straw in the erasure of Twitter as we know it. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-reaction-elon-musk-rebrand-twitter.html Social Sciences Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:07:56 EDT news610193269 Conspiracy theory beliefs and (more generally) misinformation may be groundless, but they can have a range of harmful real-world consequences, including spreading lies, undermining trust in media and government institutions and inciting violent or even extremist behaviors. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-social-media-conspiracy-theories-violence.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:02:45 EDT news610192960 Every day of the northern hemisphere's summer in 2023 seems to bring a calamitous headline about the climate: heat waves, wildfires, massive hailstorms. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-climate-contributes-violence-children.html Social Sciences Wed, 02 Aug 2023 11:00:24 EDT news610192818 Researchers are more likely to pen scientific papers with co-authors of the same gender, a pattern that cannot be simply explained by the varying gender representation across scientific disciplines and time, according to joint research from Cornell and the University of Washington. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-same-gender-co-authors.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:59:58 EDT news610192796 For several years now, women have been voting more left-wing than men. This trend first appeared in the 2017 German general election and intensified in 2021. This has been shown by a study carried out by sociologist Dr. Ansgar Hudde from the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at the University of Cologne (UoC). https://phys.org/news/2023-08-germany-women-vote-left-wing-case.html Social Sciences Political science Wed, 02 Aug 2023 10:32:42 EDT news610191158 Research from Monash University shows that young people's career indecision and uncertainty can lead to helplessness, depression, stress, lack of purpose and despair. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-harnessing-power-career-conversations-combating.html Social Sciences Education Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:49:13 EDT news610184949 How emotion contributes to the plight of temporary migrants on study and work visas in Aotearoa New Zealand is the focus of a publication by Professor Francis Collins and Associate Professor Christina Stringer from the University of Auckland. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-exploitation-migrant-workers-emotional-issue.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Wed, 02 Aug 2023 08:42:14 EDT news610184530 The theory that many people feel the work they do is pointless because their jobs are "bullshit" has been confirmed by a new study. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-people-pointless-meaningless-jobs.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 19:00:01 EDT news610100777 Youth involved in community-based activism over time become better critical thinkers and more politically active, according to a new University of Michigan study. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-teens-engaged-critical-thinkers.html Social Sciences Education Tue, 01 Aug 2023 17:00:33 EDT news610128028 Tourism researchers could learn from spirit mediums to develop a better way of researching by embracing "nothingness" and opening themselves up to the mysterious and unseen "atmospheres" that surround us, a new study reveals. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-spirit-mediums-tourism-secrets.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:28:03 EDT news610126081 How much time bargainers take deciding whether to accept or reject an offer can reveal how much they think an item is worth—a discovery which may help online bargain hunters get the best deal. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-reveals-insights-online-buyers-sellers.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 16:26:03 EDT news610125961 Charities that provide social services such as medical care or after-school programs should consider emphasizing how their efforts can help their clients become more self-sufficient, my research findings suggest. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-donors-people-feet.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:30:01 EDT news610114464 Is social media designed to reward people for acting badly? https://phys.org/news/2023-08-reward-social-media-users-accurate.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 01 Aug 2023 13:20:02 EDT news610114459 (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are warned this article mentions violence towards and death of First Nations people.) https://phys.org/news/2023-08-criminalizing-prosecuting-torture-deter-solitary.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:21:04 EDT news610111261 We live at a time when universities and colleges are facing multiplying crises, pressures and changes. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-ways-higher-post-pandemic-post-ai-era.html Social Sciences Education Tue, 01 Aug 2023 12:18:07 EDT news610111085 With a Fulton County indictment of former President Donald Trump possible at any time, law enforcement in Atlanta is bracing for potential violence, with orange barricades restricting access to the entrance of the county courthouse. https://phys.org/news/2023-08-trump-accountable-threaten-american-democracy.html Social Sciences Political science Tue, 01 Aug 2023 05:21:27 EDT news610086085 It's becoming increasingly necessary to distinguish between genuine scientific skeptics and "dogmatic deniers," a new book suggests. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-distinction-genuine-scientific-skepticism-dogmatic.html Social Sciences Political science Mon, 31 Jul 2023 17:07:49 EDT news610042066 Pursuing a career in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has historically required women to confront significant gender bias within the world of academia. But it's important to update our perceptions of this gender bias so that women are not needlessly discouraged from pursuing these careers today, according to findings by Stephen J. Ceci (Cornell University), Shulamit Kahn (Boston University), and Wendy M. Williams (Cornell University), published in Psychological Science in the Public Interest. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-academia-gender-fair-women-adversarial-analysis.html Social Sciences Education Mon, 31 Jul 2023 16:52:50 EDT news610041166 Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an approach that connects academic researchers with community partners to inform project development. Where traditional research is often done "to" people, treating them as subjects with no agency, CBPR is a cooperative process incorporating the knowledge and direction of community members. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-explores-opportunities-community-participatory.html Social Sciences Education Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:55:04 EDT news610037701 Researchers Vahid Ghafouri and Guillermo Suárez de Tangil from IMDEA Networks Institute have collaborated on a research led by Waleed Iqbal, Gareth Tyson, and Ignacio Castro from Queen Mary University of London that analyzes how real-world inequalities manifest themselves in social networks. https://phys.org/news/2023-07-reveals-internet-income.html Social Sciences Economics & Business Mon, 31 Jul 2023 15:22:46 EDT news610035763