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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Seeking The Roots of Violence | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Joshua W.shenk, | Title: Search Begins for Dean of First-Year Students | 11/2/1991 | See Source »

...three to one in favor of Democrats, which is the proportion among our undergraduates indicated by the Crimson's poll of students, the chances are somewhat better: less than one in 13,000. Even in the Harvard context, the Crimson's position is far to the left. Richard J. Herrnstein Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leftism? | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...struggle," Pierce Professor of Psychology Richard J. Herrnstein said of the recruiting effort among senior faculty members. "The older the Core gets, the more routine it becomes. I think it will get harder and harder," said Herrnstein, who chairs the Core's Social Analysis subcommittee...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Wanted: Professors For Core | 3/10/1988 | See Source »

...Herrnstein says he sees a related problem in the Core Curriculum. "It's struggle," he says, to get senior faculty to offer courses to non-concentrators. "The older the Core gets, the more routine it becomes. I think it will get harder and harder." Herrnstein says...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: An Outside View of a Harvard Education | 2/27/1988 | See Source »

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