Word: herrnsteins
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Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein died of lung cancer in his Belmont home Tuesday night...
Scientists are also trying to find inborn personality traits that might make people more physically aggressive. The tendency to be a thrill seeker may be one such characteristic. So might "a restless impulsiveness, an inability to defer gratification," says psychologist Richard Herrnstein of Harvard, whose theories about the hereditary nature of intelligence stirred up a political storm in the 1970s. A high threshold for anxiety or fear may be another key trait. According to psychologist Jerome Kagan, also of Harvard, such people tend to have a "special biology," with lower-than-average heart rates and blood pressure...
...addition to Jewett and Lewis, the committee includes: Dean of Students Archie C. Epps; University Attorney Micheal W. Roberts; Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein; Assistant Dean of the College David Pilbeam; Rosa Shinagel, assistant dean of Radcliffe, and the Rev. Peter J. Gomes, who is Plummer professor of Christian morals...