Aggression and Adaptation : The Bright Side to Bad Behavior

Todd D. Little

ISBN 10: 080586234X / ISBN 13: 9780805862348

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc Feb 2007, 2007

About this Item

Neuware - Contains questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. This book presents alternative points of view to the orthodoxy that aggression equals pathology. It features evolutionary, school, feminist, historical, and methodological perspectives. It covers the aggression-adaptation link from various evolutionary perspectives.

Seller Inventory # 9780805862348

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Aggression and Adaptation : The Bright Side to Bad Behavior
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Feb 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 080586234X
• ISBN 13: 9780805862348
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 215W x 153H x 20D millimeters 215 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 450 grams

About this title

Synopsis

Aggression and Adaptation raises thought provoking questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. The reader may find him/herself entertaining thoughts about the nature of goodness as the chapters suggest that aggressive behavior can offer significant avenues for personal growth, goal attainment, and bolstering one's social standing. The volume brings to light alternative points of view to the prevailing orthodoxy that aggression equals pathology. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book features evolutionary, school, feminist, historical, and methodological perspectives.

Adaptation is addressed at multiple levels, the first of which is ultimate causation. Four chapters cover the aggression-adaptation link from various evolutionary perspectives. Succeeding chapters focus on: adaptation as psychological adjustment; aggression in the peer system and the contexts in which these systems occur; and the self-other dialectic in societal context, highlighting that aggressive children are often well-embedded in the social network.

Intended for researchers in developmental, evolutionary, social, personality, and educational psychology, as well as developmental psychopathologists, this book is also suitable for advanced courses on social-personality development, the psychology of violence, aggression, peer relationships, and human motivation.

About the Author

Todd D. Little (Edited by) , Philip C. Rodkin (Edited by) , Patricia H. Hawley (Edited by)