Alexandra Cook
Biographic Data
| ID | 5037768 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra Cook |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Cook |
| SIGNATURE | COOK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hong Kong |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8565-6361 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The whole picture
In 2025, The Telegraph published an article titled “Greta Thunberg’s narcissism has escalated to terrifying levels”, portraying the activist’s planned travel to Gaza and example of “hollow virtue” and warning that such activism is “dangerous” (O’Neill, 2025 ). Public claims that political activism reflects narcissistic or sinister motives highlight widespread interest in the psychological roots of political attitudes, mirrored in media attention …
Epistemology, techniques, and artisanal knowledge
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is usually considered hostile toward color in the visual arts, famously claiming that in contrast with paintings, uncolored engravings “leave something to the imagination [...] and it seems that I thus see objects as they are in Nature”. This position certainly coheres with the primary-secondary qualities distinction propounded by philosophers such as Locke, which was represented in botany by Linné’s exclusion of color as a …
Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders
Across societies and across history, seemingly dominant, authoritarian leaders have emerged frequently, often rising to power based on widespread popular support. One prominent theory holds that evolved psychological mechanisms of followership regulate citizens' leadership preferences such that dominant individuals are intuitively attributed leadership qualities when followers face intergroup conflicts like war. A key hypothesis based on this the…
Individual health status as a resource
Epidemiological data suggest that the prevalence of autoimmune diseases is increasing. Although evidence implies that people with chronic illnesses experience higher levels of burnout, there are few available insights for developing preventative interventions. This paper builds on the conservation of resources (COR) and the job demands–resources (JD‐R) framework to investigate the association between impaired health, burnout, and work engagement.…
Observing leadership as behavior in teams and herds – An ethological approach to shared leadership research
When Do Followers Compensate for Leader Silence? The Motivating Role of Leader Injustice
Leaders are important for overcoming silence in organizations, because they can serve as role models and facilitate voice, for example, by being just. However, at times, leaders themselves remain silent. In such instances, trickle-down models of leadership and role-modeling theory suggest that leader silence results in follower silence. Drawing on research on laissez-faire leadership and coping, we challenge these approaches proposing that team m…
Can the Body Change the Score? Application of Sensory Modulation Principles in the Treatment of Traumatized Adolescents in Residential Settings
Linnaeus and Chinese plants
It has been alleged that Carolus Linnaeus practised Eurocentrism, sexism and racism in naming plant genera after famous botanists, and excluding ‘barbarous names’. He has therefore been said to practise ‘linguistic imperialism’. This paper examines whether Linnaeus applied ‘linguistic imperialism’ to the naming of Chinese plants. On the basis of examples such as Thea (= Camellia ), Urena , Basella , Annona , Sapindus (= Koelreuteria ), and Panax …
Gay Smith. Lady Macbeth in America
O swete harm so queynte”
In Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight's Tale, Chaucer re-evaluates certain ethical paradigms that the Middle Ages inherited from Augustine and Boethius, both of whom critique the impermanent pleasures offered by the pagan gods or by the Lady Fortune. In the Knight's Tale and the Troilus, Chaucer shows that not all men seek lasting felicity—some prefer the seduction of change and the excitations of unfulfillment. In these poems Chaucer therefore …
Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma
Botanical exchanges
In 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in exile from France and Switzerland, came to England, where he made the acquaintance of Margaret Cavendish Harley Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. The two began to botanise together and to exchange letters about botany. These letters contain salient statements about Rousseau's views on natural theology, gardens, botanical texts and exotic botany. This exchange entailed not only discussions about plant identifications…
Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Exotic Botany
Discusses the conflicting interests of botanist Jean-Jacques Rousseau between the advocacy of the cultivation of local crops and his fascination for the botanical study of exotic plants. Possible motivation behind Rousseau's interest in the botany of West Indies; Efforts done by Rousseau in his study of exotic plants; Attitude of Rousseau towards colonialism that exploited nature on non-European cultures
URFs become FRS
Three of the new Fellows elected to The Royal Society in 1999 had previously held Royal Society University Research Fellowships (RSURFs). They were not, in fact, the first Fellows of the Society to have held RSURFs, for Richard Borcherds was elected in 1994 and Jean Beggs in 1998, but the election of three in the same year is sufficiently notable to be recorded in Notes and Records as a journal of record for the Society. The RSURF scheme continue…
The end of the Millenium
Introduction to the September 2000 issue of Notes and Records
Botanical exchanges
In 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in exile from France and Switzerland, came to England, where he made the acquaintance of Margaret Cavendish Harley Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. The two began to botanise together and to exchange letters about botany. These letters contain salient statements about Rousseau's views on natural theology, gardens, botanical texts and exotic botany. This exchange entailed not only discussions about plant identifications…
Can the Body Change the Score? Application of Sensory Modulation Principles in the Treatment of Traumatized Adolescents in Residential Settings
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Exotic Botany
Discusses the conflicting interests of botanist Jean-Jacques Rousseau between the advocacy of the cultivation of local crops and his fascination for the botanical study of exotic plants. Possible motivation behind Rousseau's interest in the botany of West Indies; Efforts done by Rousseau in his study of exotic plants; Attitude of Rousseau towards colonialism that exploited nature on non-European cultures
Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders
Across societies and across history, seemingly dominant, authoritarian leaders have emerged frequently, often rising to power based on widespread popular support. One prominent theory holds that evolved psychological mechanisms of followership regulate citizens' leadership preferences such that dominant individuals are intuitively attributed leadership qualities when followers face intergroup conflicts like war. A key hypothesis based on this the…
URFs become FRS
Three of the new Fellows elected to The Royal Society in 1999 had previously held Royal Society University Research Fellowships (RSURFs). They were not, in fact, the first Fellows of the Society to have held RSURFs, for Richard Borcherds was elected in 1994 and Jean Beggs in 1998, but the election of three in the same year is sufficiently notable to be recorded in Notes and Records as a journal of record for the Society. The RSURF scheme continue…
The end of the Millenium
Introduction to the September 2000 issue of Notes and Records
Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Exotic Botany
Discusses the conflicting interests of botanist Jean-Jacques Rousseau between the advocacy of the cultivation of local crops and his fascination for the botanical study of exotic plants. Possible motivation behind Rousseau's interest in the botany of West Indies; Efforts done by Rousseau in his study of exotic plants; Attitude of Rousseau towards colonialism that exploited nature on non-European cultures
Complex Trauma in Children and Adolescents
Botanical exchanges
In 1766 Jean-Jacques Rousseau, in exile from France and Switzerland, came to England, where he made the acquaintance of Margaret Cavendish Harley Bentinck, Duchess of Portland. The two began to botanise together and to exchange letters about botany. These letters contain salient statements about Rousseau's views on natural theology, gardens, botanical texts and exotic botany. This exchange entailed not only discussions about plant identifications…
Neuropsychological Assessment in Clinical Evaluation of Children and Adolescents with Complex Trauma
Linnaeus and Chinese plants
It has been alleged that Carolus Linnaeus practised Eurocentrism, sexism and racism in naming plant genera after famous botanists, and excluding ‘barbarous names’. He has therefore been said to practise ‘linguistic imperialism’. This paper examines whether Linnaeus applied ‘linguistic imperialism’ to the naming of Chinese plants. On the basis of examples such as Thea (= Camellia ), Urena , Basella , Annona , Sapindus (= Koelreuteria ), and Panax …
Gay Smith. Lady Macbeth in America
O swete harm so queynte”
In Troilus and Criseyde and the Knight's Tale, Chaucer re-evaluates certain ethical paradigms that the Middle Ages inherited from Augustine and Boethius, both of whom critique the impermanent pleasures offered by the pagan gods or by the Lady Fortune. In the Knight's Tale and the Troilus, Chaucer shows that not all men seek lasting felicity—some prefer the seduction of change and the excitations of unfulfillment. In these poems Chaucer therefore …
Can the Body Change the Score? Application of Sensory Modulation Principles in the Treatment of Traumatized Adolescents in Residential Settings
When Do Followers Compensate for Leader Silence? The Motivating Role of Leader Injustice
Leaders are important for overcoming silence in organizations, because they can serve as role models and facilitate voice, for example, by being just. However, at times, leaders themselves remain silent. In such instances, trickle-down models of leadership and role-modeling theory suggest that leader silence results in follower silence. Drawing on research on laissez-faire leadership and coping, we challenge these approaches proposing that team m…
Observing leadership as behavior in teams and herds – An ethological approach to shared leadership research
Individual health status as a resource
Epidemiological data suggest that the prevalence of autoimmune diseases is increasing. Although evidence implies that people with chronic illnesses experience higher levels of burnout, there are few available insights for developing preventative interventions. This paper builds on the conservation of resources (COR) and the job demands–resources (JD‐R) framework to investigate the association between impaired health, burnout, and work engagement.…
Epistemology, techniques, and artisanal knowledge
Jean-Jacques Rousseau is usually considered hostile toward color in the visual arts, famously claiming that in contrast with paintings, uncolored engravings “leave something to the imagination [...] and it seems that I thus see objects as they are in Nature”. This position certainly coheres with the primary-secondary qualities distinction propounded by philosophers such as Locke, which was represented in botany by Linné’s exclusion of color as a …
Cross-cultural evidence that intergroup conflict heightens preferences for dominant leaders
Across societies and across history, seemingly dominant, authoritarian leaders have emerged frequently, often rising to power based on widespread popular support. One prominent theory holds that evolved psychological mechanisms of followership regulate citizens' leadership preferences such that dominant individuals are intuitively attributed leadership qualities when followers face intergroup conflicts like war. A key hypothesis based on this the…
The whole picture
In 2025, The Telegraph published an article titled “Greta Thunberg’s narcissism has escalated to terrifying levels”, portraying the activist’s planned travel to Gaza and example of “hollow virtue” and warning that such activism is “dangerous” (O’Neill, 2025 ). Public claims that political activism reflects narcissistic or sinister motives highlight widespread interest in the psychological roots of political attitudes, mirrored in media attention …
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