Michael R Levenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3450396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael R Levenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael R |
| FAMILY NAME | Levenson |
| SIGNATURE | LEVENSON M R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Holocene evolution of parabolic dunes, White River Badlands, South Dakota, USA, revealed by high-resolution mapping
The White River Badlands (WRB) of South Dakota record eolian activity spanning the late Pleistocene through the latest Holocene (21 ka to modern), reflecting the effects of the last glacial period and Holocene climate fluctuations (Holocene Thermal Maximum, Medieval Climate Anomaly, and Little Ice Age). The WRB dune fields are important paleoclimate indicators in an area of the Great Plains with few climate proxies. The goal of this study is to u…
The Development of Wisdom
Wisdom is often studied as an individual characteristic, but this study highlighted the relevance of a social ecological perspective to understanding how wisdom development is also facilitated through social transactions
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Self-Transcendent Wisdom Between the United States and Korea
Art, Politics and the Kino-Eye
From the closed room to an opening sky
Coping, Affect, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men
The metabolic syndrome is a complex construct with interrelated factors of obesity, blood pressure, lipids, and glucose. It is a risk factor for a number of chronic diseases in late life. This study tested a model in which the relationship between stress and the metabolic syndrome was mediated by appraisal, coping, and affect. Data were collected from 518 male participants in the Normative Aging Study (X(age) = 68.17 years). The model was partial…
Self-Transcendence
Self-transcendence has been hypothesized to be a critical component of wisdom (Curnow, 1999) and adaptation in later life (Tornstam, 1994). It reflects a decreasing reliance on externals for definition of the self, increasing interiority and spirituality, and a greater sense of connectedness with past and future generations. The Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory was administered to 351 individuals along with the NEO-FFI Personality Scale (McCrae…
Wisdom as self-transcendence
The Devil's Disciples
Mystical Self-Annihilation
Geels (1996) provided an interesting description of a Sufi, Helveti-Jerrahi group dhikr. He also attempted to explain the effects of such an event on participants in terms of physiology, context, and ego psychology. Although his explanation of the psychological effects of the events he witnessed may well be correct, these effects are very different from the goal of mystical practice referred to in its technical terminol- ogy. Altered states of co…
Physio-Sociology or Psychology of Conscience? Reply to Smith
Smith (1995) argues that low nervous reactivity predicts sensation-seeking and psychopathy. Recent evidence strongly suggests that low reactivity, usually designated as low trait anxiety, does not predict primary psychopathy or anti-social behavior. This evidence also indicates that there is more than one type of sensation-seeking. The type which involves physical risk-taking was completely unrelated to psychopathy or anti-social behavior. Smith …
Assessing psychopathic attributes in a noninstitutionalized population
Psychopaths are Not Necessarily Impulsive, etc
While Feelgood and Rantzen claim that impulsivity is central to psychopathy, they fail to observe the crucial distinction between primary and secondary psychopathy. Contrary to their recommendations, omission of moral considerations renders the construct impossible unless its definition is made completely circular and therefore scientifically useless. Their objections to successful and institutionalized psychopathy are based on an inappropriately…
Rethinking Psychopathy
Leading conceptions of psychopathy originated from a clinical perspective, which assumed abnormality and sought to explain it. This perspective has led to three related potential explanations of psychopathy: the sociological (i.e. the psychopath as nonconformist); the physiological (i.e. the psychopath as characterized by a deficiency in the behavioral inhibition system); and the developmental (i.e. the psychopath as a product of poor early socia…
Risk taking and personality
Does emotionality predict stress? Findings from the Normative Aging Study
Investigated whether emotionality, assessed in 1975, predicted the reporting of both objective stress (life events) and subjective stress (hassles) 10 years later, and how emotionality affected the relation between both objective and subjective stress and mental health. The sample consisted of 1,159 older men, participants in the Normative Aging Study. Path analysis revealed that the reporting of stress was confounded with personality: Individual…
Assessing psychopathic attributes in a noninstitutionalized population
Risk taking and personality
Does emotionality predict stress? Findings from the Normative Aging Study
Investigated whether emotionality, assessed in 1975, predicted the reporting of both objective stress (life events) and subjective stress (hassles) 10 years later, and how emotionality affected the relation between both objective and subjective stress and mental health. The sample consisted of 1,159 older men, participants in the Normative Aging Study. Path analysis revealed that the reporting of stress was confounded with personality: Individual…
The Development of Wisdom
Wisdom is often studied as an individual characteristic, but this study highlighted the relevance of a social ecological perspective to understanding how wisdom development is also facilitated through social transactions
Coping, Affect, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men
The metabolic syndrome is a complex construct with interrelated factors of obesity, blood pressure, lipids, and glucose. It is a risk factor for a number of chronic diseases in late life. This study tested a model in which the relationship between stress and the metabolic syndrome was mediated by appraisal, coping, and affect. Data were collected from 518 male participants in the Normative Aging Study (X(age) = 68.17 years). The model was partial…
Wisdom as self-transcendence
Does emotionality predict stress? Findings from the Normative Aging Study
Investigated whether emotionality, assessed in 1975, predicted the reporting of both objective stress (life events) and subjective stress (hassles) 10 years later, and how emotionality affected the relation between both objective and subjective stress and mental health. The sample consisted of 1,159 older men, participants in the Normative Aging Study. Path analysis revealed that the reporting of stress was confounded with personality: Individual…
Risk taking and personality
Rethinking Psychopathy
Leading conceptions of psychopathy originated from a clinical perspective, which assumed abnormality and sought to explain it. This perspective has led to three related potential explanations of psychopathy: the sociological (i.e. the psychopath as nonconformist); the physiological (i.e. the psychopath as characterized by a deficiency in the behavioral inhibition system); and the developmental (i.e. the psychopath as a product of poor early socia…
Psychopaths are Not Necessarily Impulsive, etc
While Feelgood and Rantzen claim that impulsivity is central to psychopathy, they fail to observe the crucial distinction between primary and secondary psychopathy. Contrary to their recommendations, omission of moral considerations renders the construct impossible unless its definition is made completely circular and therefore scientifically useless. Their objections to successful and institutionalized psychopathy are based on an inappropriately…
Physio-Sociology or Psychology of Conscience? Reply to Smith
Smith (1995) argues that low nervous reactivity predicts sensation-seeking and psychopathy. Recent evidence strongly suggests that low reactivity, usually designated as low trait anxiety, does not predict primary psychopathy or anti-social behavior. This evidence also indicates that there is more than one type of sensation-seeking. The type which involves physical risk-taking was completely unrelated to psychopathy or anti-social behavior. Smith …
Assessing psychopathic attributes in a noninstitutionalized population
The Devil's Disciples
Mystical Self-Annihilation
Geels (1996) provided an interesting description of a Sufi, Helveti-Jerrahi group dhikr. He also attempted to explain the effects of such an event on participants in terms of physiology, context, and ego psychology. Although his explanation of the psychological effects of the events he witnessed may well be correct, these effects are very different from the goal of mystical practice referred to in its technical terminol- ogy. Altered states of co…
Self-Transcendence
Self-transcendence has been hypothesized to be a critical component of wisdom (Curnow, 1999) and adaptation in later life (Tornstam, 1994). It reflects a decreasing reliance on externals for definition of the self, increasing interiority and spirituality, and a greater sense of connectedness with past and future generations. The Adult Self-Transcendence Inventory was administered to 351 individuals along with the NEO-FFI Personality Scale (McCrae…
Wisdom as self-transcendence
Coping, Affect, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Older Men
The metabolic syndrome is a complex construct with interrelated factors of obesity, blood pressure, lipids, and glucose. It is a risk factor for a number of chronic diseases in late life. This study tested a model in which the relationship between stress and the metabolic syndrome was mediated by appraisal, coping, and affect. Data were collected from 518 male participants in the Normative Aging Study (X(age) = 68.17 years). The model was partial…
From the closed room to an opening sky
Art, Politics and the Kino-Eye
Cross-Cultural Comparison of Self-Transcendent Wisdom Between the United States and Korea
The Development of Wisdom
Wisdom is often studied as an individual characteristic, but this study highlighted the relevance of a social ecological perspective to understanding how wisdom development is also facilitated through social transactions
Holocene evolution of parabolic dunes, White River Badlands, South Dakota, USA, revealed by high-resolution mapping
The White River Badlands (WRB) of South Dakota record eolian activity spanning the late Pleistocene through the latest Holocene (21 ka to modern), reflecting the effects of the last glacial period and Holocene climate fluctuations (Holocene Thermal Maximum, Medieval Climate Anomaly, and Little Ice Age). The WRB dune fields are important paleoclimate indicators in an area of the Great Plains with few climate proxies. The goal of this study is to u…
Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Personality (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction (5 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (5 works) · Aging and Gerontology Research (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works)