William D Mcintosh
Biographic Data
| ID | 147946 |
|---|---|
| NAME | William D Mcintosh |
| GIVEN NAMES | William D |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcintosh |
| SIGNATURE | MCINTOSH W D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgia Southern University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 54 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Willingness to Date across Race: Differences among Gay and Heterosexual Men and Women
Willingness to date members of other races was examined among 200 men with same-sex dating preference (n = 100) and opposite-sex dating preference (n = 100), and 200 women with same-sex dating preference (n = 100) and opposite-sex dating preference (n = 100) who were randomly selected from an Internet dating web site. Overall, results indicated a greater willingness among gay participants than heterosexual participants to date people of other rac…
The Loss of Fame: Psychological Implications
The relationship between mindfulness and self-promoting illusions
It was hypothesized that people who are mindful will exhibit less self-enhancing illusions than those who are less mindful, based on the nature of mindfulness and Zen Buddhist philosophy. Self-enhancing illusions were measured using the Self Attributes Questionnaire, and mindfulness was measured using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale among a sample of 151 students. Contrary to predictions, results revealed a positive correlation between mind…
Dating Across Race: An Examination of African American Internet Personal Advertisements
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with Black Americans' dating preferences. Two hundred profiles of Black individuals in the United States (100 men and 100 women) were accessed on the Internet dating site Match.com. Fourteen demographic and personal variables were correlated with willingness to date Whites, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asians, as well as other Blacks. Blacks willing to interracially date tended…
Sexual Humor in Hollywood Films: Influences of Social and Economic Threat on the Desirability of Male and Female Characters
After rating male and female characters in the top-grossing comedy films for each year (1951-2000), the authors predicted that during times of greater social and economic threat female film characters who joke about sex would be less physically attractive, and male characters would be lower in socioeconomic status. These qualities have been found in prior research to denote desirability in potential mates. Results were generally consistent with p…
Collectors and Collecting: A Social Psychological Perspective
Collecting is a pervasive behavior in our culture, yet it has received little attention in the psychological literature. We examine eight aspects of the collecting process, drawing on existing ideas and research in social psychology as well as existing research on collectors and collecting to describe the motivations that underlie collecting behavior. We suggest that collectors are drawn to collecting as a means of bolstering the self by setting …
What's So Funny About a Poke in the Eye? The Prevalence of Violence in Comedy Films and Its Relation to Social and Economic Threat in the United States, 1951-2000
We examined the violent content of the top-grossing comedy films from 1951 to 2000. Comedic violence increased sharply around 1970 and has been relatively consistent since then. Aggressors were depicted in somewhat more positive terms than targets, but in general, the message of comedic violence was not one of good triumphing over evil. Top-grossing comedy films featured more violence when unemployment, suicide, homicide, divorce, and the consume…
Who smokes in hollywood? characteristics of smokers in popular films from 1940 to 1989
East Meets West: Parallels Between Zen Buddhism and Social Psychology
Connections between Zen Buddhist philosophy and empirical social psychology were explored. After a brief overview of Buddhist thought, parallels between Zen and social psychology were examined in four general areas: attachment, thought, the self, and awareness
The aging woman in popular film: Underrepresented, unattractive, unfriendly, and unintelligent
Self-evaluation maintenance and the mediational role of emotion: The perception of friends and strangers
Two studies examined the causal role of emotional arousal in self-evaluation maintenance processes. In previous work, Tesser and Campbell (1982) found that Ss were most charitable in their perception of another's performance when self-relevance was low and the other was close. If emotional arousal mediated this pattern of behavior, then the pattern of behavior should be replicated when arousal is present but attenuated when arousal is misattribut…
The aging woman in popular film: Underrepresented, unattractive, unfriendly, and unintelligent
Collectors and Collecting: A Social Psychological Perspective
Collecting is a pervasive behavior in our culture, yet it has received little attention in the psychological literature. We examine eight aspects of the collecting process, drawing on existing ideas and research in social psychology as well as existing research on collectors and collecting to describe the motivations that underlie collecting behavior. We suggest that collectors are drawn to collecting as a means of bolstering the self by setting …
Who smokes in hollywood? characteristics of smokers in popular films from 1940 to 1989
Sexual Humor in Hollywood Films: Influences of Social and Economic Threat on the Desirability of Male and Female Characters
After rating male and female characters in the top-grossing comedy films for each year (1951-2000), the authors predicted that during times of greater social and economic threat female film characters who joke about sex would be less physically attractive, and male characters would be lower in socioeconomic status. These qualities have been found in prior research to denote desirability in potential mates. Results were generally consistent with p…
East Meets West: Parallels Between Zen Buddhism and Social Psychology
Connections between Zen Buddhist philosophy and empirical social psychology were explored. After a brief overview of Buddhist thought, parallels between Zen and social psychology were examined in four general areas: attachment, thought, the self, and awareness
The Loss of Fame: Psychological Implications
What's So Funny About a Poke in the Eye? The Prevalence of Violence in Comedy Films and Its Relation to Social and Economic Threat in the United States, 1951-2000
We examined the violent content of the top-grossing comedy films from 1951 to 2000. Comedic violence increased sharply around 1970 and has been relatively consistent since then. Aggressors were depicted in somewhat more positive terms than targets, but in general, the message of comedic violence was not one of good triumphing over evil. Top-grossing comedy films featured more violence when unemployment, suicide, homicide, divorce, and the consume…
Self-evaluation maintenance and the mediational role of emotion: The perception of friends and strangers
Two studies examined the causal role of emotional arousal in self-evaluation maintenance processes. In previous work, Tesser and Campbell (1982) found that Ss were most charitable in their perception of another's performance when self-relevance was low and the other was close. If emotional arousal mediated this pattern of behavior, then the pattern of behavior should be replicated when arousal is present but attenuated when arousal is misattribut…
East Meets West: Parallels Between Zen Buddhism and Social Psychology
Connections between Zen Buddhist philosophy and empirical social psychology were explored. After a brief overview of Buddhist thought, parallels between Zen and social psychology were examined in four general areas: attachment, thought, the self, and awareness
The aging woman in popular film: Underrepresented, unattractive, unfriendly, and unintelligent
Who smokes in hollywood? characteristics of smokers in popular films from 1940 to 1989
What's So Funny About a Poke in the Eye? The Prevalence of Violence in Comedy Films and Its Relation to Social and Economic Threat in the United States, 1951-2000
We examined the violent content of the top-grossing comedy films from 1951 to 2000. Comedic violence increased sharply around 1970 and has been relatively consistent since then. Aggressors were depicted in somewhat more positive terms than targets, but in general, the message of comedic violence was not one of good triumphing over evil. Top-grossing comedy films featured more violence when unemployment, suicide, homicide, divorce, and the consume…
Collectors and Collecting: A Social Psychological Perspective
Collecting is a pervasive behavior in our culture, yet it has received little attention in the psychological literature. We examine eight aspects of the collecting process, drawing on existing ideas and research in social psychology as well as existing research on collectors and collecting to describe the motivations that underlie collecting behavior. We suggest that collectors are drawn to collecting as a means of bolstering the self by setting …
Sexual Humor in Hollywood Films: Influences of Social and Economic Threat on the Desirability of Male and Female Characters
After rating male and female characters in the top-grossing comedy films for each year (1951-2000), the authors predicted that during times of greater social and economic threat female film characters who joke about sex would be less physically attractive, and male characters would be lower in socioeconomic status. These qualities have been found in prior research to denote desirability in potential mates. Results were generally consistent with p…
Dating Across Race: An Examination of African American Internet Personal Advertisements
The purpose of this study was to determine the factors associated with Black Americans' dating preferences. Two hundred profiles of Black individuals in the United States (100 men and 100 women) were accessed on the Internet dating site Match.com. Fourteen demographic and personal variables were correlated with willingness to date Whites, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asians, as well as other Blacks. Blacks willing to interracially date tended…
The relationship between mindfulness and self-promoting illusions
It was hypothesized that people who are mindful will exhibit less self-enhancing illusions than those who are less mindful, based on the nature of mindfulness and Zen Buddhist philosophy. Self-enhancing illusions were measured using the Self Attributes Questionnaire, and mindfulness was measured using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale among a sample of 151 students. Contrary to predictions, results revealed a positive correlation between mind…
Willingness to Date across Race: Differences among Gay and Heterosexual Men and Women
Willingness to date members of other races was examined among 200 men with same-sex dating preference (n = 100) and opposite-sex dating preference (n = 100), and 200 women with same-sex dating preference (n = 100) and opposite-sex dating preference (n = 100) who were randomly selected from an Internet dating web site. Overall, results indicated a greater willingness among gay participants than heterosexual participants to date people of other rac…
The Loss of Fame: Psychological Implications
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