She was in graduate school, studying for a master's degree in social work.

她那时在研究生院攻读社会工作硕士学位。

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She just spent several months studying social interactions in Indonesia and she's been influential in ethnology.

她刚在印度尼西亚花了几个月的时间研究了社会互动，而且她在人类文化学方面也很有影响。

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Some researchers are also studying how a social network's structure affects the speed at which people adopt and stick to health habits.

还有一些研究人员在研究社交网络的结构是如何影响人们养成并坚持某种生活习惯的速度的。

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He gave money to a girl from a gang-ridden neighborhood who was shot in the face while studying social work.

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Despite having a normal family and social life, studying and working like any other young women, they do face some additional problems.

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The most compelling discussion in that Psychology Today post is the note on the ethical duties of social scientists when studying group differences that can have harmful effects on the people studied.

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