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'Heroism' In Warfare, Oleg Smirnov, Holly Arrow, Doug Kennet, John Orbell

Department of Political Science: Hendricks Symposium

The willingness of people to risk their lives fighting on behalf of their nation (which we call heroism) is a background assumption in the study of war, thus of international relations, but also an evolutionary puzzle. We use two computer simulations to explore the possibility that heroism could have evolved as a domain specific form of altruism, selected through humans’ ancient past as a consequence of warfare. In the first, “altruism” is modeled as a generalized disposition that promotes both heroism and other, non-military, forms of group-benefiting behaviors—which we call communitarianism. In the second, heroism and communitarianism are modeled …

When Can Politicians Scare Citizens Into Supporting Bad Policies? A Theory Of Incentives With Fear Based Content, Arthur Lupia, Jesse O. Mennng

Department of Political Science: Hendricks Symposium

Analysts make competing claims about when and how politicians can use fear to gain support for suboptimal policies. Using a model, we clarify how common attributes of fear affect politicians’ abilities to achieve self-serving outcomes that are bad for voters. In it, a politician provides information about a threat. His statement need not be true. How citizens respond differs from most game-theoretic models – we proceed from more dynamic (and realistic) assumptions about how citizens think. Our conclusions counter popular claims about how easily politicians use fear to manipulate citizens, yield different policy advice than does recent scholarship on counterterrorism, …

Testosterone, Cortisol, And Aggression In A Simulated Crisis Game, Rose Mcdermott

Department of Political Science: Hendricks Symposium

This study investigated the impact of testosterone and cortisol on aggression in a crisis simulation game. We found a significant relationship between level of testosterone and aggression. Men were much more likely to engage in aggressive action than women. They were more likely to lose their fights as well. In addition, we found a significant inverse relationship between cortisol level and aggression. We end with some speculation about why we did not find victory effects in this population.

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for October 5, 2006

Arbiter, October 5, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Western News, Oct. 5, 2006, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Advisory group poised to begin presidential search; NCAA recertification process begins; Fedotov wins Fulbright; Baas gets teaching excellence award; On Campus with Patty DeLoach.

Otter Realm, October 5, 2006, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Local Vintage Fashions -- Student car vandalized during service learning -- Welcome back students abroad -- Unique anti-Arnold campaign creates state-wide student contest -- Otter update: 2006 California gubernatorial election -- Voting regulations and deadlines: what students should know -- Homecoming Events -- Curtain closes for World Theater's director -- Lovelock and roll: Prominent environmentalist speaks to CSUMB -- Back in the US of A -- Thrifty Thrills in Monterey -- Wicked Rituals, Initiations, And Plain Old Coffee Talk -- New club has biblical proportions -- candy-colored castration -- Sexy Appetite: Honey wild -- Bowling night to kick off homecoming …

October 5, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Responding To The Storm: Exploring The Psychological Support Of Emergency Responders After The May 2004 Storms In Southeast Nebraska, Denise Bulling, Stacey Hoffman, Martin Klein, Brooke Olsen, Harry Walles

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

A large number of emergency personnel were involved in the response to the May 2004 storms that devastated a 52 mile swath of Southeast Nebraska. Emergency workers who responded the night of the storm were exposed to bad weather, darkness, and uncertainty about their own safety. Later, they were asked to work alongside survivors and neighbors who had lost everything amidst widespread destruction of farms, homes, and businesses. Some, but not all of the emergency personnel were offered formal psychological support services like critical incident debriefing to assist with the emotional processing of the event.

The research literature is mixed …

Genetic Configurations Of Political Phenomena: New Theories, New Methods, Ira H. Carmen

Department of Political Science: Hendricks Symposium

Recent research by E.O. Wilson, James Q. Wilson, Simon, Alford-Hibbing, Carmen and others indicates that the competing social science paradigms of behavioralism and rational choice are in their last throes. Their salient weakness is insensitivity, bordering on ignorance, to politics as a biologically-orchestrated phenomenon. More specifically, political scientists know precious little about either genetics or evolutionary dynamics.

In this paper, I present a new theory--sociogenomics--to replace the shopworn conceptions of yesterday’s political science. I then demonstrate how social scientists can employ the tools of molecular biology to flesh out the genes coding for baseline political attitudes and behaviors. The theory …

Evolutionary Model Of Racial Attitude Formation Socially Shared And Idiosyncratic Racial Attitudes, Thomas Craemer

Department of Political Science: Hendricks Symposium

A growing body of research in political science has uncovered evidence of a “split personality” among Americans when it comes to racial attitudes, whereby people express different attitudes in public than they personally hold. A common assumption is that people adjust their personal attitudes to conform to dominant social norms. At present, however, there is no theoretical model that could account for the emergence of racial norms that are at odds with people’s personal attitudes. This paper proposes a simple neural model of racial attitude formation that makes an important distinction between socially shared and idiosyncratic racial attitudes. Socially shared …

Audience Effects On Moralistic Punishment, Robert Kurzban, Peter Descioli, Erin O'Brien

Department of Political Science: Hendricks Symposium

Punishment has been proposed as being central to two distinctively human phenomena: cooperation in groups and morality. Here we investigate moralistic punishment, a behavior designed to inflict costs on another individual in response to a perceived moral violation. There is currently no consensus on which evolutionary model best accounts for this phenomenon in humans. Models that turn on individuals’ cultivating reputations as moralistic punishers clearly predict that psychological systems should be designed to increase punishment in response to information that one’s decisions to punish will be known by others. We report two experiments in which we induce participants to commit …

Illinois State University Report, October 5, 2006 (No. 11), Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 5, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Management and Human Resources

• New Course

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change

Department of Psychology

• New Course
• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change, Course Number Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New Course

Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering

• New Course

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Title Change

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

• Delete Course

Aerospace Studies

• Title Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change, Pass/Fail Only

Department of History

• Title Change

Department …

October 5, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 5, 2006, meeting of the University Senate. 31 pages

Montana Kaimin, October 5, 2006, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Company, Otterbein University Theatre And Dance Department

2006-2007 Season

Originally titled Threes, its plot revolves around Bobby (a single man unable to commit fully to a steady relationship, let alone marriage), the five married couples who are his best friends, and his three girlfriends. Unlike most book musicals, which follow a clearly delineated plot, Company is a concept musical composed of short vignettes, presented in no particular chronological order, linked by a celebration for Bobby's 35th birthday.

Company was among the first musicals to deal with adult themes and relationships. As Sondheim puts it, "Broadway theater has been for many years supported by upper-middle-class people with …

Daily Eastern News: October 05, 2006, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

The Comment, October 5, 2006, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Unh Launches New Center Focused On Preventing Sexual Violence On University Campuses, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

The Advocate, October 5, 2006, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Pan American (2006-10-05), Claudette Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

56th Year, No. 7

October 5, 2006, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Volume 44, Number 14: October 05, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, October 5, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 127, Issue 23

The East Texan, 2006-10-05, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

Volume 91, number 6 of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

The Montclarion, October 05, 2006, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Vista: October 5, 2006, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 5, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Corinne Liccketto, Tracey Ferdinand, Dan Lamson, Sarah Keck, India Mcghee, Lane Taylor, Alex Ernst, Erin Andrew, Gabe Herman, Simon Marcus, Tyler Johnson, Matthew Pastor

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Family Day 2006 Hits Ursinus • Monumental Players in the Black Arts Movement Speak at Ursinus • MSA and "Hillel" Broke the Fast Together • Free Fitness Class Offered to Ursinus Students • Popping the Pill • Catching Up with Dane Cook • Spotlight on UC Professors: Dr. Bruce Rideout • Abstract Mastery: Exploring the Outdoor Sculpture Collection • Opinions: Forced Suffrage? • Bears Terrorize McDaniel, Ending Nine-Year Streak • Women Split, Men Earn First Conference Point