Anyone who has driven a vehicle in various different countries might have observed that the national rate of ‘horn honking’ varies considerably – but why? A widely-cited study by Douglas T. Kenrick and Steven W. MacFarlane (published in 1986) investigated whether one simple variable – temperature – might be having an effect. The team organised […]
Tag: anger
Involuntary Hippophagia (5): Man Bites Horse in the Antipodes
Sometimes a concept, such as Involuntary Hippophagia can be better understood by examining its opposite, turning it on its head if you will. Here is a case of a man who had an ungovernable temper, and who was overtaken by a fit of anger which caused him, perhaps involuntarily, to bite a horse. From : ‘The […]
Angry people for sociologists
Sociologists will find much data, useful or not, in the Angry people in local newspapers blog, which features photographs, culled from local newspapers, of angry people. The photo reproduced here is from the Bournemouth Echo, accompanied by the headline “Newsagent’s anger as big stores ‘kill his trade’“. Many of the other photos in the blog […]
No words: Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Will anyone be angry, irritable, annoyed or defiant enough to oppose this proposed revision to the DSM (The American Psychiatric Association‘s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders? Q 00 Oppositional Defiant Disorder Proposed Revision A. A persistent pattern of angry and irritable mood along with defiant and vindictive behavior as evidenced by four (or more) of […]
