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Vaccaro, Christian A.; Schrock, Douglas P.; McCabe, Janice M. – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2011
Based on two years of fieldwork and over 100 interviews, we analyze mixed martial arts fighters' fears, how they managed them, and how they adopted intimidating personas to evoke fear in opponents. We conceptualize this process as "managing emotional manhood," which refers to emotion management that signifies, in the dramaturgical sense, masculine…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Fear, Interviews, Athletics
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Beck, Hall P.; Levinson, Sharman; Irons, Gary – American Psychologist, 2009
In 1920, John Watson and Rosalie Rayner claimed to have conditioned a baby boy, Albert, to fear a laboratory rat. In subsequent tests, they reported that the child's fear generalized to other furry objects. After the last testing session, Albert disappeared, creating one of the greatest mysteries in the history of psychology. This article…
Descriptors: Fear, Child Psychology, Emotional Response, Conditioning