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Frequent use of social media (Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram) is not good for personal well-being. Few prior studies have attempted to show that social-media use harms users' well-being, and those that have either put participants in unrealistic situations or were limited in scope, asking them to completely forego Facebook and relying on self-report data, for example, or conducting the work in a lab in as little time as an hour. The first experimental study examining use of multiple platforms shows a causal link between time spent on these social media and increased depression and loneliness.  For the first time, University of Pennsylvania research based on experimental data connects Facebook, Snapchat, and Instagram use to decreased well-being. Psychologist Melissa G. Hunt published her findings in the December 2018 Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. To that end, the research team, which included recent alumni Rachel Marx and Courtney Lipson and Penn senior Jordyn Young

Several newspaper articles  blogs, and forums debate and scrutinise littering behaviour of Indians – many believing that the same people that litter the streets in India become more well-behaved and conscientious about that behaviour when they visit another country. Consistencies or inconsistencies in behaviour depend on several social variables, in this case, perhaps, social acceptability of littering behaviour in India. Culture has much control on how members of a society perceive, bond, or interact with each other as well as how they interact with the out-group. It would be functional to be familiar with the terms in-group and out-group at the onset of this section, as they would be used frequently throughout. Maslow (1968), in his hierarchical model of needs, mentions the need for belongingness as one of the important needs, feeling a sense of acceptance in and affiliation to a social group.