W Gerrod Parrott
Biographic Data
| ID | 880547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | W Gerrod Parrott |
| GIVEN NAMES | W Gerrod |
| FAMILY NAME | Parrott |
| SIGNATURE | PARROTT W G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Georgetown University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 128 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
New Section: Perspectives on Mental Health
Recognising Similarity in ‘Angers’ Across History
A family-resemblance approach to categorisation, such as that developed by Wittgenstein, provides a basis for conceiving how various historical types of ‘anger’ can be recognised as similar despite their variability and lack of core defining features. Thomas Dixon’s essay applies this approach in a way that avoids radical relativism and acknowledges general human emotional capabilities. His approach may arguably be extended to commonalities betwe…
Afterword
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of American and Japanese Experiences of Personal and Vicarious Shame
The purpose of this study was to examine cultural influences on shame. In particular, the focus was to assess the influence of the following factors on the object of shame (specifically, personal vs. vicarious shame): (1) the effect of individualism/collectivism, measured by a widely used standardized measurement; (2) the role of tightness/looseness (based on ecological factors); and (3) the patterns of within- and between-cultural differences an…
I fear your envy, I rejoice in your coveting: On the ambivalent experience of being envied by others
We present 2 studies on being envied. Study 1 used an emotional narrative methodology. We asked 44 Spanish (23 women, 21 men) and 48 European American (36 women, 12 men) participants to tell us about a recent experience in which others envied them. We classified the antecedents, relationship context, markers of envy, coping strategies, and positive and negative implications of being envied. In Study 2, 174 Spanish (88 women, 86 men) and 205 Europ…
Ur-Emotions and Your Emotions: Reconceptualizing Basic Emotion
The term ur-emotion is proposed to replace basic emotion as a name for the aspects of emotion that underlie perceived similarities of emotion types across cultures and species. The ur- prefix is borrowed from the German on analogy to similar borrowings in textual criticism and musicology. The proposed term ur-emotion is less likely to be interpreted as referring to the entirety of an emotional state than is the term basic emotion. Ur-emotion avoi…
Processing Bias for Terror-Related Stimuli and September 11Th-Related Distress in College Students
The psychological sequelae of the September 11th terrorist attacks were examined in 249 college students at three sites in the USA and one site in the UK in the year following the attacks. Participants completed questionnaires tapping 9/ 11-related exposure and distress, and completed a modified Stroop task assessing time to color-name cards containing terror-related and neutral words. Geographical location and amount of exposure to the attacks w…
Components and the definition of emotion
Emotions and culpability: How the law is at odds with psychology, jurors, and itself.
"This book investigates why, when, and how ordinary human beings hold some individuals guilty of crimes, but others less so or not at all. Why, for example, do the emotions of the accused sometimes aggravate a murder, making it a heinous crime, whereas other emotions might mitigate that murder to manslaughter, excuse a killing ("by reason of insanity"), or even justify it ("by reason of self-defense")? And what emotions on the part of jurors come…
Emotions And Culpability: How the Law Is at Odds With Psychology, Jurors, And Itself (Law and Public Policy: Psychology and the Social Sciences)
The role of public exposure in moral and nonmoral shame and guilt
Although scholarly traditions assume that shame results more from the public exposure of a transgression or incompetence than guilt does, this distinction has little empirical support. Four studies, using either undergraduate participants' responses to hypothetical scenarios, their remembered experiences, or the coding of literary passages, reexamined this issue. Supporting traditional claims, public exposure of both moral (transgressions) and no…
Dispositional Envy
Although many scholars have argued that individual differences in proneness to envy can have wide-ranging implications for social interactions, the empirical testing of these claims is largely undeveloped. We created a single-factor Dispositional Envy Scale (DES) to measure individual differences in tendencies to envy, and examined some of the implications of such differences. Study 1 indicated that the DES is a reliable, stable measure, containi…
The Emotions: Social, Cultural and Biological Dimensions
INTRODUCTION: SOME COMPLEXITIES IN THE STUDY OF EMOTIONS Overview - W Gerrod Parrott and Rom Harr[ac]e Vignette 1 - Daniel N Robinson Aristotle on the Emotions Vignette 2 - James R Averill Intellectual Emotions PART ONE: THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF EMOTIONS Embarrassment and the Threat to Character - W Gerrod Parrott and Rom Harr[ac]e Guilt and Remorse - Gabrielle Taylor Shame and Guilt in Early New England - John Demos Social Control of `Negative' E…
Cognitive feelings and metacognitive judgments
In two studies, subjects read and rated how well they understood a poem. Beforehand, however, they had participated under hypnosis in an exercise designed to induce feelings of being uncertain about something. For half of the subjects hypnosis was made salient as a cause for the feelings; for the other half the feelings remained unexplained. The results showed that when left unexplained, the feelings of uncertainty were interpreted by subjects as…
Distinguishing the experiences of envy and jealousy
Rhetoric for Realism in Psychology
Greenwood's (1992) selection of arguments may be understood as being targeted at experimental psychologists. These arguments focus on empiricism's denial of meaningful theory, constructionism's denial of objectivity, and realism's avoidance of both, while allowing satisfactory insight into the social realm. I approve of Greenwood's approach, both its logic and its rhetoric, but I suggest some refinements. Greater attention to empiricist objection…
Mood and memory under natural conditions: Evidence for mood incongruent recall
Etude de l'effet de l'humeur sur la memoire dans des conditions naturelles. Tous les resultats ont tendance a montrer l'existence d'un rappel incongruent avec l'humeur, a savoir que les sujets de bonne humeur ont tendance a se rappeler plus d'elements negatifs que les sujets de mauvaise humeur
Embarrassment: A Dramaturgic Account
Distinguishing the experiences of envy and jealousy
The role of public exposure in moral and nonmoral shame and guilt
Although scholarly traditions assume that shame results more from the public exposure of a transgression or incompetence than guilt does, this distinction has little empirical support. Four studies, using either undergraduate participants' responses to hypothetical scenarios, their remembered experiences, or the coding of literary passages, reexamined this issue. Supporting traditional claims, public exposure of both moral (transgressions) and no…
Mood and memory under natural conditions: Evidence for mood incongruent recall
Etude de l'effet de l'humeur sur la memoire dans des conditions naturelles. Tous les resultats ont tendance a montrer l'existence d'un rappel incongruent avec l'humeur, a savoir que les sujets de bonne humeur ont tendance a se rappeler plus d'elements negatifs que les sujets de mauvaise humeur
Embarrassment: A Dramaturgic Account
Cognitive feelings and metacognitive judgments
In two studies, subjects read and rated how well they understood a poem. Beforehand, however, they had participated under hypnosis in an exercise designed to induce feelings of being uncertain about something. For half of the subjects hypnosis was made salient as a cause for the feelings; for the other half the feelings remained unexplained. The results showed that when left unexplained, the feelings of uncertainty were interpreted by subjects as…
I fear your envy, I rejoice in your coveting: On the ambivalent experience of being envied by others
We present 2 studies on being envied. Study 1 used an emotional narrative methodology. We asked 44 Spanish (23 women, 21 men) and 48 European American (36 women, 12 men) participants to tell us about a recent experience in which others envied them. We classified the antecedents, relationship context, markers of envy, coping strategies, and positive and negative implications of being envied. In Study 2, 174 Spanish (88 women, 86 men) and 205 Europ…
Ur-Emotions and Your Emotions: Reconceptualizing Basic Emotion
The term ur-emotion is proposed to replace basic emotion as a name for the aspects of emotion that underlie perceived similarities of emotion types across cultures and species. The ur- prefix is borrowed from the German on analogy to similar borrowings in textual criticism and musicology. The proposed term ur-emotion is less likely to be interpreted as referring to the entirety of an emotional state than is the term basic emotion. Ur-emotion avoi…
Embarrassment: A Dramaturgic Account
Mood and memory under natural conditions: Evidence for mood incongruent recall
Etude de l'effet de l'humeur sur la memoire dans des conditions naturelles. Tous les resultats ont tendance a montrer l'existence d'un rappel incongruent avec l'humeur, a savoir que les sujets de bonne humeur ont tendance a se rappeler plus d'elements negatifs que les sujets de mauvaise humeur
Rhetoric for Realism in Psychology
Greenwood's (1992) selection of arguments may be understood as being targeted at experimental psychologists. These arguments focus on empiricism's denial of meaningful theory, constructionism's denial of objectivity, and realism's avoidance of both, while allowing satisfactory insight into the social realm. I approve of Greenwood's approach, both its logic and its rhetoric, but I suggest some refinements. Greater attention to empiricist objection…
Distinguishing the experiences of envy and jealousy
Cognitive feelings and metacognitive judgments
In two studies, subjects read and rated how well they understood a poem. Beforehand, however, they had participated under hypnosis in an exercise designed to induce feelings of being uncertain about something. For half of the subjects hypnosis was made salient as a cause for the feelings; for the other half the feelings remained unexplained. The results showed that when left unexplained, the feelings of uncertainty were interpreted by subjects as…
The Emotions: Social, Cultural and Biological Dimensions
INTRODUCTION: SOME COMPLEXITIES IN THE STUDY OF EMOTIONS Overview - W Gerrod Parrott and Rom Harr[ac]e Vignette 1 - Daniel N Robinson Aristotle on the Emotions Vignette 2 - James R Averill Intellectual Emotions PART ONE: THE SOCIAL DIMENSION OF EMOTIONS Embarrassment and the Threat to Character - W Gerrod Parrott and Rom Harr[ac]e Guilt and Remorse - Gabrielle Taylor Shame and Guilt in Early New England - John Demos Social Control of `Negative' E…
Dispositional Envy
Although many scholars have argued that individual differences in proneness to envy can have wide-ranging implications for social interactions, the empirical testing of these claims is largely undeveloped. We created a single-factor Dispositional Envy Scale (DES) to measure individual differences in tendencies to envy, and examined some of the implications of such differences. Study 1 indicated that the DES is a reliable, stable measure, containi…
The role of public exposure in moral and nonmoral shame and guilt
Although scholarly traditions assume that shame results more from the public exposure of a transgression or incompetence than guilt does, this distinction has little empirical support. Four studies, using either undergraduate participants' responses to hypothetical scenarios, their remembered experiences, or the coding of literary passages, reexamined this issue. Supporting traditional claims, public exposure of both moral (transgressions) and no…
Emotions and culpability: How the law is at odds with psychology, jurors, and itself.
"This book investigates why, when, and how ordinary human beings hold some individuals guilty of crimes, but others less so or not at all. Why, for example, do the emotions of the accused sometimes aggravate a murder, making it a heinous crime, whereas other emotions might mitigate that murder to manslaughter, excuse a killing ("by reason of insanity"), or even justify it ("by reason of self-defense")? And what emotions on the part of jurors come…
Emotions And Culpability: How the Law Is at Odds With Psychology, Jurors, And Itself (Law and Public Policy: Psychology and the Social Sciences)
Processing Bias for Terror-Related Stimuli and September 11Th-Related Distress in College Students
The psychological sequelae of the September 11th terrorist attacks were examined in 249 college students at three sites in the USA and one site in the UK in the year following the attacks. Participants completed questionnaires tapping 9/ 11-related exposure and distress, and completed a modified Stroop task assessing time to color-name cards containing terror-related and neutral words. Geographical location and amount of exposure to the attacks w…
Components and the definition of emotion
Ur-Emotions and Your Emotions: Reconceptualizing Basic Emotion
The term ur-emotion is proposed to replace basic emotion as a name for the aspects of emotion that underlie perceived similarities of emotion types across cultures and species. The ur- prefix is borrowed from the German on analogy to similar borrowings in textual criticism and musicology. The proposed term ur-emotion is less likely to be interpreted as referring to the entirety of an emotional state than is the term basic emotion. Ur-emotion avoi…
I fear your envy, I rejoice in your coveting: On the ambivalent experience of being envied by others
We present 2 studies on being envied. Study 1 used an emotional narrative methodology. We asked 44 Spanish (23 women, 21 men) and 48 European American (36 women, 12 men) participants to tell us about a recent experience in which others envied them. We classified the antecedents, relationship context, markers of envy, coping strategies, and positive and negative implications of being envied. In Study 2, 174 Spanish (88 women, 86 men) and 205 Europ…
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of American and Japanese Experiences of Personal and Vicarious Shame
The purpose of this study was to examine cultural influences on shame. In particular, the focus was to assess the influence of the following factors on the object of shame (specifically, personal vs. vicarious shame): (1) the effect of individualism/collectivism, measured by a widely used standardized measurement; (2) the role of tightness/looseness (based on ecological factors); and (3) the patterns of within- and between-cultural differences an…
Afterword
New Section: Perspectives on Mental Health
Recognising Similarity in ‘Angers’ Across History
A family-resemblance approach to categorisation, such as that developed by Wittgenstein, provides a basis for conceiving how various historical types of ‘anger’ can be recognised as similar despite their variability and lack of core defining features. Thomas Dixon’s essay applies this approach in a way that avoids radical relativism and acknowledges general human emotional capabilities. His approach may arguably be extended to commonalities betwe…
Psychology (16 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Emotions and Moral Behavior (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)