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The Politics Of Geropsychology: Kohl And Weizman, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Politics Of Geropsychology: Kohl And Weizman, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on geropsychological inferences that may be related to two recent scandals involving aging political leaders.


Trends. Political Psychologies And The Welfare Of Elian Gonzalez, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Trends. Political Psychologies And The Welfare Of Elian Gonzalez, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses issues surrounding the rescue of 6-year-old Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez.


Trends. The Annan Apologia: Still Missing The Point, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Trends. The Annan Apologia: Still Missing The Point, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses Kofi Annan's apology for the United Nations' failure to intervene in the atrocities in Bosnia and Rwanda.


The Many Routes To Assassination: Musings On Turkmenistan, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Many Routes To Assassination: Musings On Turkmenistan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes some of the more common psychological routes leading to political assassination.


The Offenses Of Missile Defense System Failure, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

The Offenses Of Missile Defense System Failure, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the political psychology of analyses of a recent United States testing failure of components of a limited ballistic missile defense system.


Trends. Syria, Israel, And The Power Of Money, Ibpp Editor Jan 2000

Trends. Syria, Israel, And The Power Of Money, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article the political psychology and role of aid in the Middle East, focusing on the conflict between Israel and Syria.


Exposing The ‘Pretty Woman’ Myth: A Qualitative Investigation Of The Lives Of Female Streetwalkers, Rochelle L. Dalla Dr. Jan 2000

Exposing The ‘Pretty Woman’ Myth: A Qualitative Investigation Of The Lives Of Female Streetwalkers, Rochelle L. Dalla Dr.

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Intensive interviews were conducted with 43 women involved in street-walking prostitution. Data were analyzed according to Phenomenological Descriptive Analysis, results of which are presented in two parts. Detailed accounts of the lives of a subgroup of 5 participants are described first, followed by a broader discussion of results including the entire sample of 43. Themes common across the larger group are presented int three segments, including (a) early development, (b) life in "the game," and (c) leaving the streets. Implications for advocacy and further research are presented.


Exposing The "Pretty Woman" Myth: A Qualitative Examination Of The Lives Of Female Streetwalking Prostitutes, Rochelle L. Dalla Jan 2000

Exposing The "Pretty Woman" Myth: A Qualitative Examination Of The Lives Of Female Streetwalking Prostitutes, Rochelle L. Dalla

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Intensive interviews were conducted with 43 women involved in streetwalking prostitution. Data were analyzed according to Phenomenological Descriptive Analysis, results of which are presented in two parts. Detailed accounts of the lives of a subgroup of 5 participants are described first, followed by a broader discussion of results including the entire sample of 43. Themes common across the larger group are presented in three segments, including (a) early development, (b) life in "the game,” and (c) leaving the streets. Implications for advocacy and further research are presented.


Egon Brunswik (1903-1955), David E. Leary Jan 2000

Egon Brunswik (1903-1955), David E. Leary

Psychology Faculty Publications

Austrian and American psychologist. Brunswik stood at the nexus of several philosophical and psychological traditions, created his own distinctive psychology, and died without foreseeing the influence of his· concepts and methods. Yet more than forty years after his death by suicide, certain of his ideas and techniques are still being explored and used.


Social Comparison And Influence In Groups, Donelson R. Forsyth Jan 2000

Social Comparison And Influence In Groups, Donelson R. Forsyth

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

This chapter is a reminder of social comparison theory's foundations in group processes rather than an extension of social comparison to groups. Social comparison research and theory, by tradition, stress individualistic, psychological purposes of comparison, such as satisfying basic drives, defining and enhancing the self, and alleviating distress or anxiety; but Festinger (1954) used the theory to explain shifts in members' opinions, elevated motivation and competition among members, opinion debates, and the rejection of dissenters in groups (Allen & Wilder, 1977; Goethals & Darley, 1987; Singer, 1981; Turner, 1991; Wheeler, 1991). This chapter revisits the theory's roots in groups before …


Johann Friedrich Herbart, David E. Leary Jan 2000

Johann Friedrich Herbart, David E. Leary

Psychology Faculty Publications

German philosopher, psychologist, and educator. Herbart was among the first, early in the nineteenth century, to propose a mathematical psychology. Coming after Immanuel Kant's claim (in his Metaphysische Angangsgriinde der Naturwissenschaft [Metaphysical Foundation of Natural Science], Riga, 1786) that there could be no such discipline, this was a bold proposal. which kept alive the eighteenth-century quest for a science of psychology. Even though Herbart himself denied the possibility of an experimental psychology, and despite the fact that his own psychology (as a branch of applied metaphysics) was largely conjectural, his example inspired subsequent scholars to work toward a quantitative, experimental …


Trends. Self, Security, And The Twenty-First Century, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Trends. Self, Security, And The Twenty-First Century, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

the author discusses impact of globalization and an ever-greater access to convenient, efficient, comprehensive, and quick telecommunications on the facilitation of the construction of a new homogeneous self.


Trends. Defenses Of Anti-Ballistic Missile Defenses, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Trends. Defenses Of Anti-Ballistic Missile Defenses, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the belief by opponents of developing new and improved anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defenses,that such a change may risk a new nuclear weapons arms race.


Shocked, Shocked In Serbia: Fundamental Attribution Errors, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Shocked, Shocked In Serbia: Fundamental Attribution Errors, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes many of the conflicting causal attributions bearing on the European Union's attempts to provide heating fuel to Serbian towns controlled by political parties in opposition to the ruling Serbian coalition supporting the President of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic.


Trends. Demonstrating At The World Trade Organization: The Rise And Fall Of Global An-Anarchists, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Trends. Demonstrating At The World Trade Organization: The Rise And Fall Of Global An-Anarchists, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the existence of anarchists.


Trends. The Egyptair 990 Crash: A Misconception About Psychological Screening, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

Trends. The Egyptair 990 Crash: A Misconception About Psychological Screening, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the common, publicly promulgated misconception about psychological screening of pilots and other aircrew members in the aftermath of the EgyptAir 990 crash.


The Revived Peace Agreement In Northern Ireland: Implications For An Applied Political Psychology Of Peace?, Ibpp Editor Dec 1999

The Revived Peace Agreement In Northern Ireland: Implications For An Applied Political Psychology Of Peace?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes commonly posited psychological phenomena that are allegedly associated with attenuating conflict. The article then considers whether these phenomena are causally implicated in Northern Ireland's improving peace prospects.


Factors Of Job-Related Stress As Perceived By Middle School Principals In Virginia, Teresa I. Snyder Dec 1999

Factors Of Job-Related Stress As Perceived By Middle School Principals In Virginia, Teresa I. Snyder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was conducted among middle school principals in Virginia to determine their perceptions of job-related stress factors. The entire population of middle school principals (grades 6, 7, 8) was selected to participate in the study. The Administrative Stress Index was used to assess factors that cause principals stress on the job and to measure their stress levels. A demographic data form was used to collect data on the variables of age, gender, administrative experience, assistant principal support, student enrollment, adults supervised, percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch, location of school, type of school, experience as a middle …


Trends. The Crash Of Egyptair 990: Realities Of Psychological Screening, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Trends. The Crash Of Egyptair 990: Realities Of Psychological Screening, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article further discusses the crash of EgyptAir 990 and the lack of periodic, formal psychological screening by many commercial airlines of all pilots and other members of a flight crew.


Trends. The Political Psychology Of Abortion And United Nations Funding, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Abortion And United Nations Funding, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author discusses United States (US) executive and legislative branches meddling in international policy, especially as it relates to abortion.


Democracy, Political Violence, And The Problem Of We, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Democracy, Political Violence, And The Problem Of We, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes an unsavory aspect of representative democracy that is less explored than most of its putative benefits.


Trends. Defending Positions On Missile Defense: A Case Of Negative Transference?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Trends. Defending Positions On Missile Defense: A Case Of Negative Transference?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the United States Government's(USG) proposed plan to go ahead with a national missile defense system against attacks by so-called rogue nation-states, terrorist groups, and other non-state actors.


The Terror Of Terrorism: Implications For Government Policy, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

The Terror Of Terrorism: Implications For Government Policy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques common definitions of terrorism and suggests that such definitions support the power of the powerful against the power of the powerless.


Leftist Insurgent Movements In Colombia: How Moral Is Moral Suasion?, Ibpp Editor Nov 1999

Leftist Insurgent Movements In Colombia: How Moral Is Moral Suasion?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores moral suasion as a tool of insurgency and the morality of such suasion.


Trends. The Political Psychology Of Expansion Of Labor Rights For Illegal Immigrants, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Expansion Of Labor Rights For Illegal Immigrants, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The article discusses the EEOC's recent decision to extend various anti-discrimination rights to illegal immigrants.


Trends. Unilateral Disarmament, Nuclear Deterrence, And Security: Psychological Support For The Nitze Option, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. Unilateral Disarmament, Nuclear Deterrence, And Security: Psychological Support For The Nitze Option, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The editor discusses the Paul Nitze, a long-time United States (US) arms control expert, advocacy for the US to unilaterally "get rid of" its nuclear weapons.


Trends. The Myth Of Apolitical Humanitarianism: The Nobel Prize And Doctors Without Borders, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Trends. The Myth Of Apolitical Humanitarianism: The Nobel Prize And Doctors Without Borders, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the politics of humanitarian work.


A Critique Of Opposition To The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

A Critique Of Opposition To The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article presents a critique of recent arguments opposing ratification by the United States of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.


Conflation Of Character And Susceptibility For Treason: Birds Of A Feather Or Strange Birds?, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Conflation Of Character And Susceptibility For Treason: Birds Of A Feather Or Strange Birds?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores the possibility that a conflation of character and susceptibility to treason is harmful to personnel security programs.


Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Social Cognitions, Ibpp Editor Oct 1999

Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty: Social Cognitions, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article explores social cognitions bearing on support for and opposition to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.