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Autore |
Hermann Henry R. |
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Dominance and aggression in humans and other animals : the great game of life / / Henry R. Hermann, Ph.D., Florida Southwestern State College |
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Amsterdam : , : Elsevier/AP, Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier, , [2017] |
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�2017 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xix, 376 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Aggressiveness |
Dominance (Psychology) |
Interpersonal relations |
Behavior evolution |
Primates - Behavior |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Defining dominance and aggression -- 2. Traits of dominant animals -- 3. The significance of comparative studies -- 4. Social nonprimate animals -- 5. From whence we came : primates -- 6. The human animal -- 7. Similarities between humans and other living organisms -- 8. Human nature -- 9. Alternate human behavior -- 10. The chemical, physical, and genetic nature of dominance -- 11. Dominance and aggression in the workplace -- 12. Dominance in religion -- 13. Dominance in politics -- 14. Human aggression : killing and abuse -- 15. Killing humans -- 16. Are we our own worst enemy? -- 17. Attempts to save the natural world -- 18. The nature of things. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title examines human nature and the influence of evolution, genetics, chemistry, nurture, and the sociopolitical environment as a way of understanding how and why humans behave in aggressive and dominant ways. It compares human aggression with other species, and discusses individual vs. group aggression, common stressors triggering aggressive behaviors and how individual personalities relate to them, |
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and the impact of human aggression and dominance on the natural world. |
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