When People Sit Down to Dinner Together, They Tend to Be

question 37

Essay

When people sit down to dinner together, they tend to be civil and polite--and if they sit down to dinner repeatedly (e.g., as a family, as part of a book club), they may be more tolerant of behavior or ideas from other group members that they might find unacceptable from people outside the group. However, if people get into a discussion on social media, disagreements between them can quickly become far more angry and hostile than they would around the dinner table. Explain this behavioral difference by relating it to the concepts of community and social identity.

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Definitions:

Heritability Estimate

A statistical measure that indicates how much of the variation in a particular trait within a population is due to genetic differences.

Tendency

An inclination or predisposition to exhibit a particular type of behavior or to react in a specific manner under given circumstances.

Happiness

A state of well-being characterized by emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.

Weakest Relationship

The connection or link between variables that has the least strength or significance in statistical or qualitative analysis.