ISBN:
9780805807295
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (369 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version The Dynamics of Aggression : Biological and Social Processes in Dyads and Groups
DDC:
306.46
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Aggression usually involves a sequence of behaviors, reflecting escalations and de-escalations in the form or intensity of the actions taken, which play out over time. This book provides a context in which social and biological research on the aggressive behaviors of human and non-human subjects, interacting in dyads or groups, can be compared and integrated. Implicit in this juxtaposition is the major question of whether general principles governing the dynamics of aggression within and between episodes may be discerned. Aggressive behavior is described at different levels of analysis in huma
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; THE DYNAMICS OF AGGRESSION: Biological and Social Processes in Dyads and Groups; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART I Differing Perspectives on Aggression Dynamics: Introduction to Game Theoretical Analyses and Arousal Hypotheses; CHAPTER 1 Game Theory Models and Escalation of Animal Fights; CHAPTER 2 On The Escalation of Aggression; PART II Aggressive State and Trait: Behavioral and Physiological Processes Within Individuals; CHAPTER 3 Cognition-Excitation Interdependencies in the Escalation of Anger and Angry Aggression; CHAPTER 4 Aggressive Arousal: The Amygdala Connection
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 5 Aggression Waxing (Sometimes Waning): Siamese Fighting FishCHAPTER 6 Studies of Individual Differences in Aggression; PART III Aggression Dynamics in Development: Interactions Within and Outside the Family; CHAPTER 7 Temper Tantrums in Young Children; CHAPTER 8 Physically Abusive Parenting as an Escalated Aggressive Response; CHAPTER 9 Aggressive Escalation: Toward a Developmental Analysis; PART IV Aggression Dynamics in Larger Social and Political Contexts: Game Theory Revisited; CHAPTER 10 The Dynamics of Riots: Escalation and Diffusion/ Contagion
Description / Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 11 Interstate Crisis Escalation and WarAuthor Index; Subject Index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
