Naming Patterns Reveal Cultural Values: Patronyms, Matronyms, and the U.S. Culture of Honor

Four studies examined the hypothesis that honor norms would be associated with a pronounced use of patronyms, but not matronyms, for naming children. Study 1 shows that men who endorse honor values expressed a stronger desire to use patronyms (but not matronyms) for future children, an association that was mediated by patriarchal attitudes. Study 2 presents an indirect method for assessing state patronym and matronym levels. As expected, patronym scores were significantly higher in honor states and were associated with a wide range of variables linked previously to honor-related dynamics. Study 3a shows that following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, patronyms increased in honor states, but not in non-honor states. Likewise, priming men with a fictitious terrorist attack (Study 3b) increased the association between honor ideology and patronym preferences. Together, these studies reveal a subtle social signal that reflects the masculine values of an honor culture.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Don’t Tread on Me: Masculine Honor Ideology in the U.S. and Militant Responses to Terrorism

Using both college students and a national sample of adults, the authors report evidence linking the ideology of masculine honor in the U.S. with militant responses to terrorism. In Study 1, individuals’ honor ideology endorsement predicted, among other outcomes, open-ended hostile responses to a fictitious attack on the Statue of Liberty and support for the use of extreme counterterrorism measures (e.g., severe interrogations), controlling for right-wing authoritarianism, social dominance orientation, and other covariates. In Study 2, the authors used a regional classification to distinguish honor state respondents from nonhonor state respondents, as has traditionally been done in the literature, and showed that students attending a southwestern university desired the death of the terrorists responsible for 9/11 more than did their northern counterparts. These studies are the first to show that masculine honor ideology in the U.S. has implications for the intergroup phenomenon of people’s responses to terrorism.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline

Two new ceruloplasmin variants in Negroes—Data on three populations

Two new electrophoretic variants in human serum ceruloplasmin are described. The first, called Cp New Haven (CpNH), is determined by an allele at the same autosomal locus which controls the previously described CpA and CpB variants. It migrates with a mobility between CpB and CpC. The variant has been encountered in American as well as Nigerian and Haitian Negroes. The minimal estimate of Cp NH gene frequency in American Negroes is about 0.006. The second variant, named Cp Bridgeport (Cp Bpt), has a mobility between CpA and CpB. It apparently has an extremely low frequency. Similar to CpNH, the Cp Bpt genetic determinant seems to be an autosomal codominant gene. Its relationship to Cp A , Cp C , and Cp NH is, however, unknown. The frequencies of Cp variants in a number of populations are presented.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/44167/1/10528_2004_Article_BF00486602.pd