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Contagion of Violence

Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309263646
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book Contagion of Violence written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-03-06 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past 25 years have seen a major paradigm shift in the field of violence prevention, from the assumption that violence is inevitable to the recognition that violence is preventable. Part of this shift has occurred in thinking about why violence occurs, and where intervention points might lie. In exploring the occurrence of violence, researchers have recognized the tendency for violent acts to cluster, to spread from place to place, and to mutate from one type to another. Furthermore, violent acts are often preceded or followed by other violent acts. In the field of public health, such a process has also been seen in the infectious disease model, in which an agent or vector initiates a specific biological pathway leading to symptoms of disease and infectivity. The agent transmits from individual to individual, and levels of the disease in the population above the baseline constitute an epidemic. Although violence does not have a readily observable biological agent as an initiator, it can follow similar epidemiological pathways. On April 30-May 1, 2012, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Forum on Global Violence Prevention convened a workshop to explore the contagious nature of violence. Part of the Forum's mandate is to engage in multisectoral, multidirectional dialogue that explores crosscutting, evidence-based approaches to violence prevention, and the Forum has convened four workshops to this point exploring various elements of violence prevention. The workshops are designed to examine such approaches from multiple perspectives and at multiple levels of society. In particular, the workshop on the contagion of violence focused on exploring the epidemiology of the contagion, describing possible processes and mechanisms by which violence is transmitted, examining how contextual factors mitigate or exacerbate the issue. Contagion of Violence: Workshop Summary covers the major topics that arose during the 2-day workshop. It is organized by important elements of the infectious disease model so as to present the contagion of violence in a larger context and in a more compelling and comprehensive way.

The Evolution of Violence

Author : Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461493145
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution of Violence written by Todd K. Shackelford and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an interdisciplinary exploration of our understanding of the causes and consequences of violence. Represented in its chapters are noted scholars from a variety of fields including psychology, anthropology, law, and literature. The contributions reflect a broad scope of inquiry and diverse levels of analysis. With an underlying evolutionary theme each of the contributors invoke their separate areas of expertise, offering empirical and theoretical insights to this complex subject. The multi-faceted aspect of the book is meant to engender new perspectives that will synthesize current knowledge and lead to a more nuanced understanding of an ever timely issue in human behavior. Of additional interest, is a foreword written by world renowned psychologist, Steven Pinker, and an afterword by noted evolutionary scholar, Richard Dawkins.

Human Evolution and Male Aggression

Author :
Publisher : Cambria Press
ISBN 13 : 1621968073
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)

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Download or read book Human Evolution and Male Aggression written by and published by Cambria Press. This book was released on with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolution and Social Psychology

Author : Mark Schaller
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 113495249X
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Evolution and Social Psychology written by Mark Schaller and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary past? If so, how might this be, and what are the implications? Research generated by an evolutionary approach to social psychology issues profound insights into self-concept, impression formation, prejudice, group dynamics, helping, aggression, social influence, culture, and every other topic that is fundamental to social psychology. Evolution and Social Psychology is the first book to review and discuss this broad range of social psychological phenomena from an evolutionary perspective. It does so with a critical and constructive eye. Readers will emerge with a clear sense of the intellectual challenges, as well as the scientific benefits, of an evolutionarily-informed social psychology. The world-renowned contributors identify new questions, new theories, and new hypotheses—many of which are only now beginning to be tested. Thus, this book not only summarizes the current status of the field, it also sets an agenda for the next generation of research on evolution and social psychology. Evolution and Social Psychology is essential reading for evolutionary psychologists and social psychologists alike.

Aggression and Evolution

Author :
Publisher : Xerox College Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aggression and Evolution written by and published by Xerox College Publishing. This book was released on 1973 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rough and Tumble

Author : Travis Pickering
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520955129
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Rough and Tumble written by Travis Pickering and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travis Rayne Pickering argues that the advent of ambush hunting approximately two million years ago marked a milestone in human evolution, one that established the social dynamic that allowed our ancestors to expand their range and diet. He challenges the traditional link between aggression and human predation, however, claiming that while aggressive attack is a perfectly efficient way for our chimpanzee cousins to kill prey, it was a hopeless tactic for early human hunters, who—in comparison to their large, potentially dangerous prey—were small, weak, and slow-footed. Technology that evolved from wooden spears to stone-tipped spears and ultimately to the bow and arrow increased the distance between predator and prey and facilitated an emotional detachment that allowed hunters to stalk and kill large game. Based on studies of humans and of other primates, as well as on fossil and archaeological evidence, Rough and Tumble offers a new perspective on human evolution by decoupling ideas of aggression and predation to build a more realistic understanding of what it is to be human.

Aggression, Time, and Understanding

Author : Frank M. Staemmler
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317761243
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Aggression, Time, and Understanding written by Frank M. Staemmler and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-02-04 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aggression, Time, and Understanding is the first book of Staemmler’s writings to be published in English. In the early sections of this book, Staemmler (supported by his Buddhist wife, Barbara) comprehensively explores and questions the traditional Gestalt therapy theory of aggression and proposes a new approach to working with anger and hostility. Further sections include in-depth examinations of the topics of time (the "Here and Now" and "Regressive Processes") and understanding ("Dialogue and Interpretation" and "Cultivated Uncertainty"). From Staemmler’s "critical gaze," Dan Bloom observes, "concepts emerge as refreshed, re-formed, and revitalized constructs so we can continue to develop the theory and practice of contemporary Gestalt therapy."

The Goodness Paradox

Author : Richard W. Wrangham
Publisher : Pantheon
ISBN 13 : 1101870907
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Goodness Paradox written by Richard W. Wrangham and published by Pantheon. This book was released on 2019 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Highly accessible, authoritative, and intellectually provocative, a startlingly original theory of how Homo sapiens came to be: Richard Wrangham forcefully argues that, a quarter of a million years ago, rising intelligence among our ancestors led to a unique new ability with unexpected consequences: our ancestors invented socially sanctioned capital punishment, facilitating domestication, increased cooperation, the accumulation of culture, and ultimately the rise of civilization itself. Throughout history even as quotidian life has exhibited calm and tolerance[,] war has never been far away, and even within societies violence can be a threat. The Goodness Paradox gives a new and powerful argument for how and why this uncanny combination of peacefulness and violence crystallized after our ancestors acquired language in Africa a quarter of a million years ago. Words allowed the sharing of intentions that enabled men effectively to coordinate their actions. Verbal conspiracies paved the way for planned conflicts and, most importantly, for the uniquely human act of capital punishment. The victims of capital punishment tended to be aggressive men, and as their genes waned, our ancestors became tamer. This ancient form of systemic violence was critical, not only encouraging cooperation in peace and war and in culture, but also for making us who we are: Homo sapiens"--

The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War

Author : Todd K. Shackelford
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199738408
Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Perspectives on Violence, Homicide, and War written by Todd K. Shackelford and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-08-23 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume synthesizes the theoretical and empirical work of leading scholars in the evolutionary sciences to produce an extensive and authoritative review of this literature.

Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans

Author : Martin N. Muller
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674033245
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (332 download)

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Book Synopsis Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans by : Martin N. Muller

Download or read book Sexual Coercion in Primates and Humans written by Martin N. Muller and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-19 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents extensive field research and analysis to evaluate sexual coercion in a range of species—including all of the great apes and humans—and to clarify its role in shaping social relationships among males, among females, and between the sexes.

Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals

Author : Henry R. Hermann
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128092955
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)

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Book Synopsis Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals by : Henry R. Hermann

Download or read book Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals written by Henry R. Hermann and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dominance and Aggression in Humans and Other Animals: The Great Game of Life examines human nature and the influence of evolution, genetics, chemistry, nurture, and the sociopolitical environment as a way of understanding how and why humans behave in aggressive and dominant ways. The book walks us through aggression in other social species, compares and contrasts human behavior to other animals, and then explores specific human behaviors like bullying, abuse, territoriality murder, and war. The book examines both individual and group aggression in different environments including work, school, and the home. It explores common stressors triggering aggressive behaviors, and how individual personalities can be vulnerable to, or resistant to, these stressors. The book closes with an exploration of the cumulative impact of human aggression and dominance on the natural world. Reviews the influence of evolution, genetics, biochemistry, and nurture on aggression Explores aggression in multiple species, including insects, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals Compares human and animal aggressive and dominant behavior Examines bullying, abuse, territoriality, murder, and war Includes nonaggressive behavior in displays of respect and tolerance Highlights aggression triggers from drugs to stress Discusses individual and group behavior, including organizations and nations Probes dominance and aggression in religion and politics Translates the impact of human behavior over time on the natural world

Sex, Power, Conflict : Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives

Author : Ann Arbor David M. Buss Professor of Psychology University of Michigan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195355997
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Power, Conflict : Evolutionary and Feminist Perspectives written by Ann Arbor David M. Buss Professor of Psychology University of Michigan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996-03-21 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexual harassment in the workplace, date rape, and domestic violence dominate the headlines and have recently sparked scholarly debates about the nature of the sexes. Concurrently, the scientific community is conducting research in topics of sex and gender issues. Indeed, more research is being done on the topics of sexual conflict and coercion than at any other time in the history of the social sciences. Despite this attention, it is clear that these issues are being addressed from two essentially different perspectives: one is labeled "feminist", while the other, viewed as antithetical to the feminist movement, is called "evolutionary psychology", which emphasizes the history of reproductive strategies in understanding conflict between the sexes. This book brings together leading experts from both sides of the debate in order to discover how each could offer insights lacking in the other. The editors' overall goal is to show how the feminist and evolutionary approaches are complementary despite their evident differences, then provide an integration and synthesis. In fact, several of the contributors to this unique volume consider themselves advocates of both approaches. As a stimulating presentation of the dynamics of sex, power, and conflict--and a pioneering rapprochement of the diverse tendencies within the scientific community-- this book will attract a wide audience in both psychology and women's studies fields.

The Evolution and Chemistry of Aggression

Author : Delbert D. Thiessen
Publisher : Charles C. Thomas Publisher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Evolution and Chemistry of Aggression written by Delbert D. Thiessen and published by Charles C. Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 1976 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Human Evolution and Male Aggression

Author : Anne Innis Dagg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781624993633
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Human Evolution and Male Aggression written by Anne Innis Dagg and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular and scientific literature is still permeated with male aggression as a product of long evolution. The fact that violent aggression appears in the archeological records less than half as long ago as artistic expression should give pause to any student of human behavior. Humans are nothing like apes--chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas, or orangutans which developed their mating systems independently from humans, and from each other. Chimpanzees have a promiscuous mating system, bonobos are completely hedonistic, gorillas have a harem system, and orangutans are essentially solitary. In those species, males may compete with each other, so aggression can occur. Gibbons would be a better model for human behavior because they live in nuclear families (several ages of dependant offspring living with adults for many years) and are never aggressive toward each other. Nuclear families are intimately tied to peaceful living because, once established, there is no need for aggression, except for defence of territory against outsiders. Although male aggression is a sad fact of modern society, factors other than genetic heritage should be examined to explain this. This book reviews the recent advances in the knowledge of human evolution that have greatly changed our conceptions. It has been uncovered that humans are nothing like chimpanzees, and far less like baboons. Early humans never knuckle-walked, left the jungle for the savannah where they roamed widely in dispersed populations, and for more than four million years lived in small groups or relatively peaceable societies with fathers raising children and joining with other adult males for community projects. Human Evolution and Male Aggression dispels misconceptions based on flawed interpretations of biology and behavior. It tells the compelling story of the human male's peaceful past. It summarizes recent advances in understanding of bones, brains, hormones, and genetics that reveals humans for who they are. In reviewing the behavior of other primate males and their relationship to females and infants, it sets the stage for a new paradigm of male behaviour--one in which aggression, though possible, is suppressed most of the time in favor of affiliative behaviors that benefit females, infants, and society as a whole. Encompassing topics relevant to biological and social sciences, this book will be of interest to students of primatology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, and human behaviour.

Sex, Size and Gender Roles

Author : Daphne J. Fairbairn
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199208786
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Sex, Size and Gender Roles written by Daphne J. Fairbairn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of 20 chapters written by leading evolutionary biologists from around the globe provides a fascinating insight into the patterns and causes of differences between males and females in the natural world.

Demonic Males

Author : Richard W. Wrangham
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395877432
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (774 download)

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Download or read book Demonic Males written by Richard W. Wrangham and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1996 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever their virtues, men are more violent than women. Why do men kill, rape, and wage war, and what can be done about it? Drawing on the latest discoveries about human evolution and about our closest living relatives, the great apes, "Demonic Males" offers some startling new answers to these questions.

Developmental Origins of Aggression

Author : Richard Ernest Tremblay
Publisher : Guilford Press
ISBN 13 : 9781593851101
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Developmental Origins of Aggression written by Richard Ernest Tremblay and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2005-03-15 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offering the first comprehensive analysis of this topic in over 30 years, this book is sure to fuel discussion and debate among researchers, practitioners, and students in developmental psychology, child clinical psychology, child and adolescent psychiatry, criminology, and related disciplines. In the classroom, it is a unique and valuable text for graduate-level courses."--BOOK JACKET.