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Who doesn't dread the Christmas table, with family from far and near, around it?  Now a new study says there may be something good about that kind of stress.  Arguing with your family may just lead to helping them be open to different ways of thinking, according to newswise.com. “Families who cultivate a culture in which disagreements are voiced may help raise individuals who are less prone to rely on their personal biases when they make decisions,” says Virginia Tech’s Anne-Sophie Chaxel, an assistant professor at the Pamplin College of Business. Arguments often stem from biases which reinforce racial, political and religious beliefs. Chaxel recently authored a  study in Journal of Consumer Psychology  which found a way to activate a mindset that leads people to become open to questioning existing beliefs, thus reducing their own bias. These findings demonstrate potential for “holiday squabbles to have a functional utility in family circles because they cu...

I 've heard it said that all you need to be happy is $75,000. Anything over that and you're not really that much happier.  (I'd like to take the test!) But a new study says that how much people earn is associated with how they experience happiness,  newswise.com reports.  Makes sense.  But guess what?  L ower-income individuals experience more positive emotions focused on others, the study adds. People who earn more money tend to experience more positive emotions focused on themselves, while people who earn less take greater pleasure in their relationships and ability to connect with others, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. “Higher income has many benefits, including improved health and life satisfaction, but is it associated with greater happiness?” asks lead author Paul Piff, PhD, of the University of California, Irvine. “After all, most people think of money as some kind of unmitigated good. But some recent ...

Big duh.  Guess what a new study found?  Women get less credit than men in the workplace, according to newswise.com. It turns out gender plays a major role in who receives more  praise for speaking up . We've all heard it.  Women are too emotional.  They can't assert themselves without bringing their feelings into it.  We trivialize things.  You've heard it all. “We find that when men speak up with ideas on how to change their team for the better, they gain the respect of their teammates – since speaking up indicates knowledge of the task at hand and concern for the well-being of the team,” says  Kyle Emich, an assistant professor of management in UD’s  Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics , who explored this topic with the University of Arizona’s Elizabeth McClean, Boston College’s Sean R. Martin and the United States Military Academy’s Todd Woodruff . “Then, when it comes time to replace the team’s leader, those men are m...

I know you've had one.  The boss who can't get off her smart phone even after you're called into her office? Well, a new study is now saying that bosses who "phone snub" their employees may risk losing, well, their connection to them, according to newswise.com. Supervisors who cannot tear themselves away from their smartphones while meeting with employees risk losing their employees’ trust and, ultimately, their engagement, according to a new research from Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business.   This study examines “boss phubbing” (boss phone snubbing), which the researchers define as “an employee’s perception that his or her supervisor is distracted by his or her smartphone when they are talking or in close proximity to each other” and how that activity affects the supervisor-employee relationship. “Our research reveals how a behavior as simple as using a cellphone in the workplace can ultimately undermine an employee’s success,” the researc...

Great aunt just die?  You might reconnect with the sister you haven't talked to in decades. At least, that's what a new study is saying.  Apparently, m ajor life events shared on social media revive dormant connections. Well, duh, you might be saying. But here's the thing.  Sharing  major life events, such as getting married or graduating from college, on social network evolution has important implications for business practices, such as in marketing, newswise.com reports. Online social networking has revolutionized the way people communicate and interact with one another, despite idiosyncrasies we all love to hate — think top-10 lists of the most annoying people and habits on social media, the web site notes. However, there are specific advantages to using social media, beyond the simple joys — and occasional annoyances — of reconnecting and gossiping with old friends about babies, birthdays and baptisms. New research from the University of Notre Dame’s...

We're all so used to picking on our kids for playing  video games  but the next time he's in the ER, you just might be happy that doctors do it, too. According to new research, video games improve doctors' recognition and triage of severe trauma patients, newswise.com reports. Playing an adventure video game featuring a fictitious, young emergency physician treating severe trauma patients was better than text-based learning at priming real doctors to quickly recognize the patients who needed higher levels of care, according to a new trial led by the  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine .  The results held, even though doctors assigned to the game enjoyed it less than those assigned to traditional, text-based education. This indicates that if game enjoyment can be improved, the already favorable results might be enhanced, the web site notes.  “Physicians must make decisions quickly and with incomplete information. Each year, 30,000 preventabl...