Aggression and Adaptation - The Bright Side to Bad Behavior

Informationen zum Autor Todd D. Little (Edited by) , Philip C. Rodkin (Edited by) , Patricia H. Hawley (Edited by) Zusammenfassung Raises questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. This volume sheds light on the alternative points of view to the prevailing orthodoxy that aggression equals pathology. It features evolutionary, school, feminist, historical, and methodological perspectives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: P.H. Hawley, Preface. P.H. Hawley, Social Dominance in Childhood and Adolescence: Why Social Competence and Aggression May Go Hand in Hand. B.E. Vaughn, A.J. Santos, An Evolutionary/Ecological Account of Aggressive Behavior and Trait Aggression in Human Children and Adolescents. P.K. Smith, Why Has Aggression Been Thought of as Maladaptive? A.D. Pellegrini, Is Aggression Adaptative? Yes: Some Kinds Are and in Some Ways. N.A. Card, T.D. Little, Differential Relations of Instrumental and Reactive Aggression With Maladjustment: Does Adaptivity Depend on Function? A.H.N. Cillessen, L. Mayeux, Variations in the Association Between Aggression and Social Status: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives. L.K. Sippola, J. Paget, C.M. Buchanan, Praising Cordelia: Social Aggression and Social Dominance Among Adolescent Girls. W.M. Bukowski, M. Abecassis, Self, Other, and Aggression: The Never-Ending Search for the Roots of Adaptation. T.W. Farmer, H. Xie, B.D. Cairns, B.C. Hutchins, Social Synchrony, Peer Networks, and Aggression in School. P.C. Rodkin, T. Wilson, Aggression and Adaptation: Psychological Record, Educational Promise.

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• Authors: Todd D. Little, Todd D. Rodkin Little, Todd D. Little
• Assisted by: Patricia H. Hawley (Editor), Hawley Patricia H. (Editor), Todd D. Little (Editor), Little Todd D. (Editor), Philip C. Rodkin (Editor), Rodkin Philip C. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.02.2007
• EAN: 9780805852455
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-5245-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society