The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression

Title......Page 6
Copyright......Page 7
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
List of Contributors......Page 16
Section I: Introduction and Basic Issues......Page 18
1 The Psychology of Social Conflict and Aggression: Homo Aggressivus Revisited......Page 20
2 An Attachment Perspective on Interpersonal and Intergroup Conflict......Page 36
3 The Link Between Ostracism and Aggression......Page 54
4 Is It Aggression?: Perceptions of and Motivations for Passive and Psychological Aggression......Page 70
5 Pushing Up to a Point: The Psychology of Interpersonal Assertiveness......Page 82
Section II: Cognitive and Affective Influences on Conflict and Aggression......Page 98
6 Nonconscious Battles of Will: Implicit Reactions Against the Goals and Motives of Others......Page 100
7 Using Both Your Head and Your Heart: The Role of Perspective Taking and Empathy in Resolving Social Conflict......Page 120
8 Affective Influences on the Perception, Management, and Resolution of Social Conflicts......Page 136
9 The Effects of Anger and Anger Regulation on Negotiation......Page 156
10 The Role of the Quest for Personal Significance in Motivating Terrorism......Page 170
Section III: Conflict and Aggression in Relationships......Page 182
11 Intimate Partner Violence: Cognitive, Affective, and Relational Factors......Page 184
12 Interdependent Goals and Relationship Conflict......Page 202
13 Silent Rage: When Being Ostracized Leads to Aggression......Page 218
14 The Doormat Effect: On the Dangers of Resolving Conflict via Unilateral Forgiveness......Page 234
Section IV: Social, Cultural, and Evolutionary Factors in Social Conflict and Aggression......Page 248
15 The Male Warrior Hypothesis......Page 250
16 Implications of Global Climate Change for Violence in Developed and Developing Countries......Page 266
17 The Media and Aggression: From TV to the Internet......Page 284
18 Are Supernatural Beliefs Commitment Devices for Intergroup Conflict?......Page 302
19 The Effect of Religious Participation on Aggression Over One’s Lifetime and Across Generations......Page 318
Index......Page 340