Herbert Barry
Biographic Data
| ID | 123011 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Herbert Barry |
| GIVEN NAMES | Herbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Barry |
| SIGNATURE | BARRY H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Pittsburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 67 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 774 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 67 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1931 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 13 |
Pain, Fear, and Circumcision in Boys’ Adolescent Initiation Ceremonies
Rituals that induce pain or instill fear occur in the majority of boys’ adolescent initiation ceremonies. They have been accounted for in several ways: as resolving a psychological conflict, as expressing dominance over juniors, as promoting male bonding, and as preparation for participation in war. This cross-cultural study examines these harsh rituals and concludes that they are a form of adult male control over adolescent boys and unmarried (s…
Proximity of Paired Nations Reveals Correlation of Masculinity With Individualism
Hofstede measured four dimensions of national differences: Masculinity, Individualism, Uncertainty Avoidance, and Power Distance. The information was obtained from IBM employees in more than 60 nations. Correlations applied to the national scores were close to zero for Masculinity with each of the three other dimensions. Correlations can be misleading because of regional and other variations in a world sample of nations. Undesirable effects of re…
Unisex Names for Babies Born in Pennsylvania 1990–2010
Most first names are exclusively popular for females or males. A minority of first names are unisex, defined as being given with substantial frequency to both genders in the same population in the same year. First-name frequencies for births in Pennsylvania in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010 provided information on babies given unisex names. Children of a White mother were compared with children of a Black mother. The unisex names were divided i…
National Differences in Personality and Predictability of Gender From Personal Names
This article reports a test of the hypothesis that national differences in personality traits are expressed by national differences in how accurately the final letter of the personal name designates the female or male gender. The names were obtained from lists of more than 80 popular names in each nation, separately for females and males. Gender designation was more accurate for female than male names. In nations with more accurate gender designa…
Racial and Gender Differences in Diversity of First Names
First names and the number of individuals given each name were recorded on three populations, born in Pennsylvania in 1990, 1995, and 2000. Four categories of people were “black” females, “white” females, “black” males, and “white” males. Diversity of the name choices was measured by the 50 percent rank frequency, which divides the population equally between the individuals with more frequent and less frequent names. Diversity was highest for “bl…
Characters Named Charles or Charley in Novels by Charles Dickens
Characters Named Charles or Charley in Novels by Charles Dickens
12 fictional characters named Charles or Charley are contained in eight of the 14 completed novels by Charles Dickens. Most of the author's namesakes have humorous attributes, an unusually close relationship with one or more other characters, and a happy subsequent life. Three stages of the author's adult life are youthful, mature, and after separation from his wife. The fictional namesakes are most humorous in the author's youthful stage and lea…
Names in the Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible contains more than a thousand names given to more than two thousand individuals, less than 10% of whom are females. The majority of women are identified merely as the wife, concubine, daughter, mother, or sister of a man. The twelve patrilineal tribes and genealogies of fathers and sons contributed to the preponderance of males. Ten names are ambisexual, shared by both males and females. Two books, 1 Chronicles and Genesis, conta…
Customs Associated with Premarital Sexual Freedom in 143 Societies
In a world sample of 143 diverse societies, partial correlations and a multiple regression demonstrated that seven customs each had an independently statistically significant association with a high degree of premarital sexual freedom. Three customs, which support independence of marital couples, are minimal government hierarchy, no payment at marriage, and pigs are the largest domesticated animals. Four customs, which support community cooperati…
Final Letter Compared with Final Phoneme in Male and Female Names
First names of male and female residents in the United States in 1950 and 1990 were divided into three categories: the 100 most frequent names in 1950 and also in 1990, in 1950 only, and in 1990 only. The final letter more often than the final phoneme was associated with the same sex. The finalleUer was associated with the same sex more often for male than female names and therefore was more often predominantly male. Names that were the 100 most …
Society at the Crossroads: Choosing the Right Road
Henry George is best known for his proposal that is summarized as the "single tax."Governments should obtain revenue by taxing the full rental value of unimproved land and other natural resources, replacing taxes on products of human exertion and enterprise.His proposal was based on the ethical value of justice.Natural resources are gifts from God to be shared equally by all people.Producers of goods should not be required to share their revenues…
Multiple Predictors of Contribution by Women to Agriculture
Multiple regression was used to test the hypothesis that several cultural customs are each separately associated with contribution by women to agriculture. The test was applied to a world sample of 108 societies where agriculture is the principal source of food. Six predictors of female contribution to agriculture are residence not patrilocal, polygynous marriage, no written language, use of money, low density of population, and no milk obtained …
Inference of Personality Projected Onto Fictional Characters Having an Author's First Name
Inference of Personality Projected onto Fictional Characters Having an Author's First Name
Jane Austen projected some of her personality characteristics onto her fictional namesakes Jane Bennet in the novel Pride and Prejudice and Jane Fairfax in the novel Emma. Wishful fantasy seems satisfied by two attributes of both Janes. They are very beautiful, and they marry rich men they love. A feeling of inferiority was expressed by two attributes of both Janes, depicted as deficient in social communication and subordinate to the heroine of t…
Research on First Names by Two Psychologists
References Barry, H., III. 1979. “Birth Order and Paternal Namesake as Predictors of Affiliation with Predecessor by Presidents of the United States.” Political Psychology 2: 61–66. Barry, H., III, and A. S. Harper. 1982. “Evolution of Unisex Names.” Names 30: 15–22. Barry, H., III, and A. S. Harper. 1993a. “Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990.” Names 41: 228–38. Barry, H., III, and A. S. Harper. 1993b. “Sex Differences in Linguistic O…
Three Last Letters Identify Most Female First Names
Cultural Influences on Childhood Participation in Adult Activities
Ethnographic reports on a world sample of societies were used for rating frequency of participation by children in adult activities and degree of permissive treatment of children. Although the correlation between the two measures of childhood is close to zero, frequent participation by children in adult activities has different meanings depending on whether children are treated permissively or puni tively. In societies where permissiveness is low…
The Clinton Presidency: Campaigning, Governing, and the Psychology of Leadership
The Psychological Context of the Clinton Presidency: A Framework for Analysis Stanley A. Renshon. Presidential PsychologyThe 1992 Campaign: What Did We Learn? * How George Bush Lost the Presidential Election of 1992 Betty Glad. * The Political Psychology of the Ross Perot Phenomenon Jerrold M. Post. * Character, Judgment, and Political Leadership: Promise, Problems, and Prospects of the Clinton Presidency S. A. Renshon. Public PsychologyLeadershi…
Increased choice of female phonetic attributes in first names
Computers and Research on Personal Names
Computers assist researchers by storing, arranging, selecting, and summarizing numerical and alphabetical information. Their speed, accuracy, and large handling capacity contribute to research on personal names by providing rapid and accurate summaries and analyses of large amounts of information. Computers can relate personal names to many attributes, and are thus useful for developing indices such as quantitative phonetic gender scores and in a…
Naroll's Analysis of Alcohol Problems
Raoul Naroll, in his book The Moral Order, emphasized the need for strong social affiliations. Weak social affiliations, which he called weak moralnets, result in alcohol problems and various other types of moral disorders. The author proposes to extend Naroll's explanation by describing a weak moralnet as a component of an intense conflict between an exaggerated desire for self-sufficiency and a frustrated desire for dependency. The intense conf…
Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990
Frequencies of first names given in Pennsylvania in 1960 and 1990 were used to identify 33 unisex names, given with substantial frequency to both sexes. According to earlier books of names for babies, most of the unisex names were given to boys. In 1990 most of the same names were given to more girls than boys. The findings support previous studies that names tend to evolve from masculine to unisex to feminine. Popularity of unisex names is usual…
Adolescence: An Anthropological Inquiry
Adolescence: An anthropological inquiry
The anthropological study of adolescence -- An ethological approach to human social organization -- Looking at adolescent socialization across cultures -- Adolescents and their families -- Peer groups and community participation -- Marriage, mating and the duration of adolescence -- Adolescent sexuality -- Violating cultural norms -- The adolescent self -- Gender differences: Final and proximate causes
Cultural Customs That Influence Sexual Freedom in Adolescence
Sexual freedom in adolescence was quantitatively measured (through ratings on scales of sexual expression and sexual nonrestraint) in 145 societies. These 145 societies were in turn divided into 4 categories on the basis of their cultural complexity: not agricultural horticultural intensive agriculture and extensive agriculture. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between sexual freedom and cultural complexity for the total…
My Brother's Keeper: Child and Sibling Caretaking [and Comments and Reply]
Children often act as caretakers responsible for other children. Such child caretaking varies widely in its frequency, as well as in the degree of institutionalization, relationship to parental caretaking, degree of indulgence, and incidence at differing ages. Residence and household patterns, size of the family, and the subsistence economy, daily routines, and work load of the family are important in determining availability of child caretakers …
Relation of Child Training to Subsistence Economy1
A cross-cultural survey of some sex differences in socialization
Infancy and Early Childhood: Cross-Cultural Codes 2
Traits Inculcated in Childhood: Cross-Cultural Codes 5
Developpement de la personnalite et apprentissage culturel chez les enfants. Etude culturelle comparative a partir d'un echantillonnage comprenant 186societes, en fournissant un ensemble de codes sur l'apprentissage des enfants de 4/5ans jusqu'a la puberte
The Cultural Consequences of Female Contribution to Subsistence
A cross-cultural study of correlates of crime
Cross-Cultural Codes on Contributions by Women to Subsistence
Cultures vary greatly in the degree to which women contribute to the production or procurement of food. A measure of percentage contribution by women to the subsistence economy has been reported (Sanday 1973). Cultural variations in this measure were related to cultural variations in social organization and customs thought to indicate the status of women in the society. A limitation of this study (Sanday 1973) was the single measure of female con…
The Evolutionary Significance of Adolescent Initiation Ceremonies
Adolescent initiation ceremonies are examined with regard to features of subsistence economy and social organization. Various characteristics of the ceremonies are coded separately for boys and girls in a worldwide sample of preindustrial societies. A ceremony is more often present for girls than for boys, especially in societies at a low level of technological development, indicating an evolutionary trend for presence of ceremony and for sex of …
Agents and Techniques for Child Training: Cross-Cultural Codes 6
The Clinton Presidency: Campaigning, Governing, and the Psychology of Leadership
The Psychological Context of the Clinton Presidency: A Framework for Analysis Stanley A. Renshon. Presidential PsychologyThe 1992 Campaign: What Did We Learn? * How George Bush Lost the Presidential Election of 1992 Betty Glad. * The Political Psychology of the Ross Perot Phenomenon Jerrold M. Post. * Character, Judgment, and Political Leadership: Promise, Problems, and Prospects of the Clinton Presidency S. A. Renshon. Public PsychologyLeadershi…
Feminization of Unisex Names from 1960 to 1990
Frequencies of first names given in Pennsylvania in 1960 and 1990 were used to identify 33 unisex names, given with substantial frequency to both sexes. According to earlier books of names for babies, most of the unisex names were given to boys. In 1990 most of the same names were given to more girls than boys. The findings support previous studies that names tend to evolve from masculine to unisex to feminine. Popularity of unisex names is usual…
Adolescent Initiation Ceremonies: A Cross-Cultural Code
Guidelines for Holocultural Research
Relationships between child training and the pictorial arts
Early Childhood Precursors of Adolescent Initiation Ceremonies
Increased choice of female phonetic attributes in first names
Cultural Customs That Influence Sexual Freedom in Adolescence
Sexual freedom in adolescence was quantitatively measured (through ratings on scales of sexual expression and sexual nonrestraint) in 145 societies. These 145 societies were in turn divided into 4 categories on the basis of their cultural complexity: not agricultural horticultural intensive agriculture and extensive agriculture. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between sexual freedom and cultural complexity for the total…
Infant Socialization and Games of Chance
Culture and Society
Relationship of marital status to incidence and prognosis of schizophrenia
A study of bereavement: An approach to problems in mental disease
Unisex Names for Babies Born in Pennsylvania 1990–2010
Most first names are exclusively popular for females or males. A minority of first names are unisex, defined as being given with substantial frequency to both genders in the same population in the same year. First-name frequencies for births in Pennsylvania in 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2010 provided information on babies given unisex names. Children of a White mother were compared with children of a Black mother. The unisex names were divided i…
Measurements of Adolescent Sexual Behavior in the Standard Sample of Societies
The authors present new measures important to distinguish their method from others of teenage premarital sexual behavior using numerical ratings of sexual expression (encouragement of sexual behavior) sexual restraint (taboos or restrictions on sexual behavior) and differentiation from childhood (whether childhood and adolescence are considered the same or different) for the 186 societies in the Standard Sample of the Ethnographic Atlas. Measures…
Racial and Gender Differences in Diversity of First Names
First names and the number of individuals given each name were recorded on three populations, born in Pennsylvania in 1990, 1995, and 2000. Four categories of people were “black” females, “white” females, “black” males, and “white” males. Diversity of the name choices was measured by the 50 percent rank frequency, which divides the population equally between the individuals with more frequent and less frequent names. Diversity was highest for “bl…
A test for negativism and compliance
A quantitative determination of euphoria and its relation to sleep
Orphanhood as a factor in psychoses
A study of bereavement: An approach to problems in mental disease
Squadron A: A History of Its First Fifty Years, 1889-1939
Squadron A: A History of Its First Fifty Years, 1889–1939. Compiled and edited by Herbert Barry et al. (New York: Published by the Association of Ex-Members of Squadron A, 1939. xiv + 389 pp. Illustrations.) Get access Charles Lee Lewis Charles Lee Lewis U. S. Naval Academy Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 27, Issue 2, September 1940, Pages 314–315, https://doi.org/10.230…
Latent Learning in a Straight Alley
Latent Learning in a Straight Alley
Relationships between child training and the pictorial arts
A cross-cultural survey of some sex differences in socialization
Relation of Child Training to Subsistence Economy1
Critical Ages for Maternal Bereavement in Psychoneuroses
Maternal bereavement occurred more frequently in a series of 947 psychoneurotic patients than in the total population. The difference is statistically significant. Deaths of fathers followed a strikingly dissimilar pattern. The impact of maternal death was most pronounced in early childhood and in female patients. In the latter the critical age was under 9 years. Little girls were particularly vulnerable to the death of their mothers before the a…
A Manual of Cutaneous Medicine
Master Your Tensions and Enjoy Living Again
Effects of Several Drugs on Performance in an Approach-Avoidance Conflict
A cross-cultural study of correlates of crime
Relationship of marital status to incidence and prognosis of schizophrenia
Learning to Discriminate between Alcohol and Nondrug Condition
In the present experiment, food was located in one arm of a T-maze on days when hungry rats had been given alcohol and in the other arm on placebo days. Prior techniques for demonstrating discrimination between drug and placebo conditions (Conger, 1951; Overton, 1964) required use of painful electric shock. Method.-Ss were 8 adult, female, albino rats, fed 12 gm. Purina chow daily. Shortly before feeding, they were given 4 trials, at intervals of…
Culture and Society
A Further Note on Preparing Alcohol Solutions
Microcosm—Structural, Psychological and Religious Evolution in Groups
Regional and Worldwide Variations in Culture
Birth Order of Delinquent Boys with Alcohol Involvement
Infancy and Early Childhood: Cross-Cultural Codes 2
Infant Socialization and Games of Chance
Birth Order and Alcoholism; a Review
In 20 out of 27 separate samples of alcoholic men, representing geographically diverse areas of Western European culture, there were more lastborn than firstborn cases from families of 2 or more children. The same was found in 6 samples of women alcoholics, although the trend was less consistent than in the men
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