Elected Judges Favor People Who Voted Them into Office
Ball State UniversityWhen it comes to court decisions, elected judges are more likely to rule in favor of the people who voted them into office, says a Ball State University researcher.
When it comes to court decisions, elected judges are more likely to rule in favor of the people who voted them into office, says a Ball State University researcher.
The director of UGA's Center for International Trade and Security, who began his academic career with a study of Balkan ethnic relations, discusses NATO's bombing campaign in Kosovo and Serbia.
James Auer, an expert on U.S.-japanese defense relations, is available to discuss ramifications of the May 3 meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and President Clinton.
Boys fear snakes, monsters and scary theme park rides more often than girls do, while girls fear thunder storms and the dark more than boys, according to a new Ohio State study.
Anyone who has taken an introductory psychology class or read a best-selling self-help book has been touched by the work of Elliot Aronson, a man whose researh has fundamentally shaped our knowledge of what motivates human behavior.
U-M psychologist says working mothers are more likely to use an authoritative approach that relies on reason rather than assertions of parental power and encourages both girls and boys to be independent.
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn were honored April 27 in Atlanta for their efforts to "wage peace," even as the House of Representatives prepares to vote on the U.S. military role in the Balkan conflict.
A study by an assistant professor at Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management, shows when consensus decision-making will work and when not to use it.
The Professor of Newspaper Strategy and Management and director of UGA's Cox Institute for Newspaper Management Studies, a former foreign correspondent and vice president of the Associated Press, responded to news coverage of NATO's current bombing campaign in the Balkans.
East African paleo-anthropological sites have yielded 2.5-million-year-old fossils of a possible direct human ancestor, a University of California-Berkeley researcher reported in Science, April 23.
For the hundreds of thousands of refugees from Kosovo crammed into temporary shelters in Albania, psychological damage may last for years, says a Ball State University psychologist.
Two recently published studies show that prolonged exposure to gratuitous violence in the media can escalate subsequent hostile behaviors and, among some viewers, foster greater acceptance of violence as a means of conflict resolution, according to Virginia Tech and University of Alabama researchers.
In a new book, "Lost Boys: Why Our Sons Turn Violent and How We Can Save Them," a Cornell professor explains how boys become vulnerable to committing acts of violence and what parents, teachers and communities can do about it.
Cornell University Cooperative Extension will air "Not in My School, Not in My Community," a live panel discussion on youth violence. The broadcast, available free of charge to television stations, television networks, schools, county extension offices and others able to downlink from a satellite, will air Monday, April 26 at 3 p.m., EDT.
In a new book, "Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century," a Temple University researcher looks past the sensational results of sex surveys to examine the questions, questioners, and questionnaires.
High School students involved in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's Teen Line program will serve on a panel discussing "Teens and Tolerance." Teen Line is a model training program of teen suicide prevention/intervention with the Los Angeles Police Department.
"Death of the Father: An Anthropology of Closure in Political Authority," a new Cornell University web site, will allow faculty, students and researchers from around the world to explore the socio-political fallout that followed the death of six 20th-century patriarchs, including Hitler, Hirohito, Stalin, Ceausescu, Mussolini and Tito.
For those interested in learning more about why kids kill, the psychological intricacies of grief, and the technology available to make firearms safer, The Why Files, a science-behind-the-news web site produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has answers.
After the tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, a Webster University religion professor, psychologist, and grief expert argues that, as a society, we risk future tragedies if we fail to help our alienated youth.
When religion is an important part of a mother's life, she's likely to feel she has a better relationship with her adult children, and her children are likely to report having a better relationship with her.
A new book co-authored by a U-M professor of education explores the history of high school in America.
In 1963 anthropologist Paul Hockings took his first census of a tribe-like community in the mountains of southern India. Now his 32-year study is being praised for getting to the heart of development issues in South Asia.
Contrary to recent reports, parents "powerfully influence" their children--at least from birth to age 3--by encouraging childhood chatter, University of Delaware and Temple University researchers contend.
How do political experts react when their predictions -- about election results or the fate of countries or other important issues -- turn out to be completely wrong? A new study at Ohio State found that most experts shrug off their errors, claiming that they were "almost" right and that their understanding of the situation was basically sound.
Federal welfare reform may end up burdening the country's already-stressed juvenile justice system, according to an expert at Ohio State University.
When it comes to planning the summer vacation, how you plan says as much about you as where you go. "Risk takers often get burned when it comes to vacations," says an assistant professor of restaurant, hotel, institutional and tourism management at Purdue University.
With the 103rd Boston Marathon right around the corner, faculty members at Boston University can comment as writers prepare their race-day stories on a variety of related topics having to do with exercise, training and nutrition.
Expanding federal hate crime laws to include offenses based on sexual orientation is long overdue, says a Ball State University hate crimes expert.
Alcohol consumption and alcohol-related problems were significantly slashed among a group of high-risk college-age drinkers using a brief, non-confrontational intervention treatment developed by University of Washington researchers.
Issues of ethnic violence have riveted America's attention on Kosovo, but a far more gruesome conflict is playing out in Borneo, including widespread incidents of headhunting and cannibalism. A University of Arkansas anthropologist who lived among these ethnic tribes offers his expertise.
Ticks are hardly the topic of conversation at dinner parties. Rarely are such insects the main plot in an Academy Award winning movie. None have been given a major award from a nation's president.
Most drivers who engage in "road rage"--from tailgating and honking to sideswiping and drawing weapons--believe their aggressive behavior is inherited from a parent and their victims deserve what they get, according to a Central Michigan University study.
Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze will deliver an address, "Georgia, the Caucasus and Beyond," and join former U.S. Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, in a "town hall" meeting April 22 to reflect on historic events that brought about a peaceful end to the Cold War nearly 10 years ago.
Boston University Professor William Anthony, author of the book The Art of Napping, says that the first Sunday of daylight savings time, should be celebrated as "National Nap Day."
Women who cook, eat and chat together improve their diets together in a unique Cornell Cooperative Extension program called Sisters in Health.
Urban residents who move from a central city to the suburbs are different in several noticeable ways from those who choose to move within the city limits, a new Ohio State study shows.
A new study by Ohio State researchers suggests it may be difficult to teach teenagers in post-communist societies to develop strong support for democratic and free market principles.
If you don't want to be scammed when planning your wedding, you must shelve your rose-colored wedding fantasy glasses and take in a dose of wedding planning reality. So says Dr. Angela L. Thompson of TCU. She studies the wedding industry.
With the imminent creation of the Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), Georgia will be taking a bold leadership role in addressing one of the nation's most pressing problems -- suburban sprawl. An expert at Atlanta's Agnes Scott College believes that the solution to suburban sprawl lies in long-range planning and community involvement.
It happens every spring. Tens of millions of American children turn out for organized youth sports. Tagging along behind them are their parents, many of whom don't understand their roles and responsibilities according to a pair of sports psychologists who have written a new book to guide parents through the mindfield that sports can be.
Public anxiety is a universal worry, topping the list on national surveys of individual fears. Imagining your audience in their underwear might not help because research shows that some people are born with stage fright, says Ralph Behnke of TCU.
By studying the playing habits of young lab rats, a researcher at Gettysburg College is hoping to understand our own playing habits, as well as shed some light on autism.
Bounty hunters, sometimes depicted as reckless criminals themselves, provide an essential public service and ought not to be outlawed, a scholar argues in the current issue of the University of Illinois Law Review.
Yoga and meditation techniques could be valuable tools in helping teenage sex offenders reduce or control their deviant impulses, according to new research at the University of Utah.
Good insect moms ferociously protect their young by fanning their wings and charging predators--but only when they must pin all their hopes on a single batch of eggs, a University of Delaware scientist reports in the new issue of the journal, Animal Behaviour. Bug moms who lay multiple batches are far more likely to "turn tail and run" from egg-munching predators, says Douglas W. Tallamy.
Marriages of older women who have their own pensions are more than twice as likely to end as the marriages of older women without pensions, according to researchers at the University of Michigan.
Adult day care centers that treat clients like children -- and provide little autonomy or privacy -- are more likely to have clients who are withdrawn from their peers than those centers that have a more age-appropriate setting and activities, according to researchers at the University of Utah.
Friendship with your spouse is the foundation of a happy marriage says a University of Washington psychologist after nearly 25 years of studying what makes marriages blossom or shrivel. "Men aren't from Mars, nor women from Venus," but really want the same thing from a relationships, he says.
Parents who want to send their sons or daughters to a university can give their children, years ahead of time, a gift that's likely to help them succeed, says Rick Snyder, director of the University of Kansas clinical psychology program. Parents can give their children "hope."
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