Sheyla Blumen

TL;DR: In this paper, an extensive analysis of interpersonal distances over a large data set (N = 8,943 participants from 42 countries) was presented, which attempted to relate the preferred social, personal, and intimate distances observed in each country to a set of individual characteristics of the participants, and some attributes of their cultures.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured perceptions of the appropriateness of various responses to a violation of a cooperative norm and to atypical social behaviors, including confrontation, social ostracism and gossip.

TL;DR: The studies show that the maximization principle is not a universal aspect of human nature and that there are predictable cultural differences in people’s notions of perfection.

TL;DR: In this article, the relationship between learning styles and academic achievement in distance learning college students is analyzed following three steps: the first step identifies the learning style preferences; the second step establishes the relationship among learning styles, study habits, and social-academic and technological environment, with academic achievement.

TL;DR: A comprehensive portrait of the current status of gifted and talented concepts, identification of the gifted, and associated provisions within Peru is presented in this article, where the major purposes of this article are (a) to analyze the primary conception of giftedness in Peru; (b) to describe the beliefs that people have about gifted individuals; (c) to present the most difficult issues related to gifted and gifted education that need to be addressed, and (d) to summarize the most important contributions to gifted education made in the country.