Year: 2010

Strategies to Avoid Being “Out of Style”

Most women, I believe, care little about keeping up with every passing fad.  What we DON’T want is to be “out” of style, right?  Recently I’ve been ruminating on two common strategies: One:  Buy only timeless styles. Two:  Buy new styles that really work for you. As you can see, these two approaches are not …

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The Theory of Homophily

Are you a homophiliac? Homophily theory predicts that people are more likely to interact with individuals similar to themselves in respect to a variety of qualities and characteristics (McPherson, Smith-Lovin, & Cook, 2001; Monge & Contractor, 2003). In particular, extensive research has been done to investigate how homophily in age, gender, race, education, occupation, and …

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