Aggression: Biological, Developmental and Social Perspectives (Plenum Series in Social/Clinical Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306454971 ISBN 13: 9780306454974

Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, 1997

Synopsis

Biological Influences on Aggression. Conceptual and Ethical Problems Raised by the Study of Brain-Behavior Relationships Underlying Aggression; P. Karli. Is the Predatory Behavior a Model of Complex forms of the Human Aggression? J. Zagrodzka, E. Fonberg. The Role of Substance P Receptors in Amygdaloid Modulation of Aggressive Behavior in the Cat; M.B. Shaikh, A. Siegel. Alcohol¿s Effects on Physiology and Aggression: What Is the Nature of the Link? P.F. Brain. Developmental Influences on Aggression. Learning Aggression from Models: From a Social Learning Towards a Cognitive Theory of Modeling; B. Björkqvist. Attitudes Towards Violence and the Direction of the Development of a Child¿s Aggression; L. Kirwil. Emotional Instability, Physical and Verbal Aggression and Prosocial Behavior as Precursors of Scholastic Achievement and Social Adjustment; G.V. Caprara, et al. A Longitudinal Study of the Relationship between Aggressive and Depressive Tendencies in Elementary School Age Boys and Girls; S. Feshbach, et al. Social Influences on Aggression. Poverty and Violence; L.D. Eron, et al. Can Outfit Be Aggressive? Values and Images of Punks; K. Lagerspetz.. Is a War a Consequence of Human Aggression; R. Hinde. On the Determinants and Regulation of Impulsive Aggression; L. Berkowitz. The Psychology of Aggression: Insights and Issues; S. Feshbach. Index.

About this title

Synopsis

Invites comparison not only across disciplines, but also across the several cultures represented by the contributors, and even across species with studies of infra-humans. Considers differences in areas of the brain and neuro-chemical processes mediating offensive and defensive aggression in animals, and the role of alcohol, relations with parents

Edition details

• Publisher: Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306454971
• ISBN 13: 9780306454974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 245
• Editor: Feshbach Seymour, Zagrodzka Jolanta