Social cognition on the Internet: testing constraints on social network size

Social cognition on the Internet: testing constraints on social network size.

The social brain hypothesis (an explanation for the evolution of brain size in primates) predicts that humans typically cannot maintain more than 150 relationships at any one time. The constraint is partly cognitive (ultimately determined by some aspect of brain volume) and partly one of time. Friendships (but not necessarily kin relationships) are maintained by investing time in them, and fail...

the influence of social and cultural capital on efl students critical thinking skills

the major aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social and cultural capital and efl students’ critical thinking skills. this study takes this relationship in to account to see if people with different sociocultural status are different regarding their critical thinking skills. to this end, 160 university students majoring in english language and literature, english trans...

on the relationship between cultural, social intelligences and literary translation ability of iranian translation students

با توجه سرعت روز افزون جهانی سازی نیاز به مهارتهای میان فرهنگی نیز افزایش یافته است. از سوی دیگر تعاملات اجتماعی و نیازهای فرهنگی منوط به ترجمه است. بدین ترتیب مطالعه ترجمه از دیدگاه اجتماعی ضروری به نظر می رسد. برای نیل به این هدف، در تحقیق حاضر به بررسی رابطه همبستگی بین دو هوش فرهنگی و اجتماعی با توانش ترجمه ادبی دانشجویان (سال سوم) مترجمی زبان انگلیسی پرداخته شده است. همچنین قابلیت پیش بینی...

Geographic Constraints on Social Network Groups

Social groups are fundamental building blocks of human societies. While our social interactions have always been constrained by geography, it has been impossible, due to practical difficulties, to evaluate the nature of this restriction on social group structure. We construct a social network of individuals whose most frequent geographical locations are also known. We also classify the individu...

Navigating Social Life: on Social Cognition