Aggressive Behavior (Psychology Revivals) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367764105 ISBN 13: 9780367764104

Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Since the heyday of research on aggression in the late 1960s, developments in several varied areas had enabled us to take a new look at this important though difficult topic. Recent findings and sophisticated new techniques in behavior genetic analysis at the time had made it possible not only to enhance our understanding of the genetic mechanisms underlying aggressive behavior, but also to provide some reasonable suggestions as to the role of aggression in evolution.

Originally published in 1983, there had been significant advances in genetic and neural research and a much more sophisticated and heuristic approach to the measurement and conceptualization of aggressive behavior had developed. The ten chapters in this volume provide a thorough overview of these new approaches and methodologies. There are also suggestions regarding the scope of future research on aggressive behavior, since much of what is presented describes the ongoing research activities of the contributors.

This book is divided into four sections: The first provides a systematic foundation for research on aggression, and a description of some of the newer strategies for research in this area; the second concerns quantitative genetic analyses, selection data from both wild and laboratory populations, and situational determinants of aggressive behavior; the third section details new and exciting findings in neurochemical and neuropharmacological effects; and the last section contains a chapter that provides a summary and synthesis of all that has come before.

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Edward C. Simmel, Martin E. Hahn, James K. Walters

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0367764105
• ISBN 13: 9780367764104
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 226
• Editor: Simmel Edward C., Hahn Martin E., Walters James K.