Found insideThe 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. This wide-ranging collection demonstrates the continuing impact of evolutionary thinking on social psychology research. In its assessment of aggression and violence across individual, relational and societal levels, this book will engage a broad audience. Found insideAuthoritative, provocative, and engaging, The Goodness Paradox offers a startlingly original theory of how, in the last 250 million years, humankind became an increasingly peaceful species in daily interactions even as its capacity for ... This book, filled with a broad array of fascinating topics, is bound to further whet the appetite of a growing number of students who have been inspired by this provocative, yet eminently testable approach to human behavior.î Gordon G. ... 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Ancestral Landscapes in Human Evolution addresses how a shift in the way we parent can influence child outcomes. The book unpicks the very essence of human evolution, and how this knowledge is used to give evolutionary accounts of four of the central pillars of human behavior - cooperation, attraction, aggression, and family formation. The Handbook includes examinations of the historical and contemporary patterns of women's and men's involvement in crime; as well as biological, psychological, and social science perspectives on gender, sex, and criminal activity. Comprised of 14 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the Neanderthal remains from the Shanidar Cave and the paleontological data obtained from the fossils. Examines the relationship between evolution and the structure, variations, and significance of human behavior, including law, justice, sociality, and culture 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. 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. Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology provides an up-to-date review of the ideas, issues, and applications of contemporary evolutionary psychology. This book provides an up-to-date integration of some of the most recent developments in social psychological research on social conflict and aggression, one of the most perennial and puzzling topics in all of psychology. * Provides elementary-level discussion of theory relating to evolutionary and adaptive aspects of reproductive behavior. This handbook's goal is to amplify the wave by bringing together world-leading experts to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of evolution-oriented and influenced fields. In this book, Anne Campbell redresses the balance of evolutionary theory in favour of women. Altruism and Aggression explores the genetic underpinnings of affiliative and aggressive orientations as well as the biological correlates of these behaviors. This book covers the causes and characteristics of girl bullying; outlines assessment, prevention, and intervention methods; and provides an original 10-session curriculum for small groups. Found insideThe handbook examines a range of theoretical, policy, and research issues and provides a comprehensive overview of aggressive and violent behavior. The Oxford Handbook of Evolutionary Psychology and Behavioral Endocrinology offers a comprehensive and compelling review of research in behavioral endocrinology from an evolutionary perspective on human psychology. In this volume, the focus turns to the development of relational aggression during childhood, adolescence, and emerging adulthood. We all know what it is like to want to get even, get justice, or take revenge. What is new in this book is an extended discussion of redirected aggression, which occurs not only in people but other species as well. First Published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Found insideThis book provides a broad and contemporary overview of aggression and violence by some of the most internationally renowned researchers in the field. 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. In this work aggression and conflict in man and other primates are interpreted in the light of evolutionary biology and game theory models. 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