1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910974974803321

Autore

McNamara Patrick <1956->

Titolo

An evolutionary psychology of leader-follower relations / / Patrick McNamara and David Trumbull

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

ISBN

1-60741-416-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TrumbullDavid <1959->

Disciplina

158/.4

Soggetti

Leadership - Psychological aspects

Followership - Psychological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references  (p. [117]-121) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- AN EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY OFLEADER-FOLLOWER RELATIONS -- CONTENTS -- EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY APPROACHES TO THEPHENOMENON OF THE LEADER -- INTRODUCTION -- LEADERSHIP AND COOPERATION -- EFFECTS OF 'GOOD' LEADERS -- THE PRISONER'S DILEMMA (PD) -- REPUTATION AND THE RISE OF THE LEADER -- CHARACTER MATTERS -- ROOTS OF LEADERSHIP IN COSTLY SIGNALS AND RITUAL -- COSTLY SIGNALING THEORY -- LEADERS PUNISH FREE-RIDERS AND ENFORCE THE LAWS -- DYNAMICS OF LEADER-FOLLOWER RELATIONS -- INTRODUCTION -- THE SCIENCE OF EMULATION -- EVOLUTION OF HUMAN SOCIAL LEARNING -- AREAS OF THE BRAIN THAT PARTICIPATEIN EMULATION AND IMITATIVE LEARNING -- SPECIAL ROLE OF EMPATHY -- LEADERSHIP AND SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE -- INTRODUCTION -- COMPLEXITY OF LEADERSHIP -- SOCIAL LEARNING -- EVOLUTION OF SOCIAL LEARNING -- ROOTS OF SOCIAL LEARNING -- EARLY TEACHER/LEADERS AND THEORIGINS OF CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP -- THE MASTER-DISCIPLE RELATION AS ANEVOLUTIONARILY-STABLE STRATEGY -- RITUAL, COSTLY SIGNALS AND THE IDENTIFICATION OFINDIVIDUALS WITH EXCEPTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS -- LANGUAGE, RHETORIC AND LEADERSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- LANGUAGE EVOLUTION -- ROLE OF SOCIAL IMITATION INEVOLUTION OF THE PROTO-LANGUAGE -- LANGUAGE USE AND RHETORIC -- RELEVANCE -- RELEVANCE AND ALTRUISM -- RELEVANCE IMPOSES STRUCTURE ON CONVERSATIONS -- THE CO-



EVOLUTION OF WAR AND THE DOMINANCESTRATEGY IN LEADERSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF DOMINANCE -- PRESTIGE-ORIENTED VERSUS DOMINANCEORIENTEDSTYLES OF LEADERSHIP -- PRESTIGE VS. DOMINANCE -- PRESTIGE AND THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF LEADERSHIP -- LEADERS EMPHASIZING DOMINANCE RATHER THAN PRESTIGE -- LEADERS EMPHASIZING PRESTIGE AT THE EXPENSE OF DOMINANCE -- CICERO VERSUS POMPEY: AN ILLUSTRATION OF THEPRESTIGE AND THE DOMINANCE STYLES OFLEADERSHIP IN CONFLICT -- WHO WAS CICERO? -- CICERO VS. MACHIAVELLI.

DANGERS OF LEADERSHIP AS ENUMERATED BY CICERO -- CICERO'S HANDLING OF THE BURDENS OF LEADERSHIP -- ENTER CAESAR -- FINAL BATTLES -- CAESAR: THE SYNTHESIS OF THE PRESTIGE ANDDOMINANCE STYLES OF LEADERSHIP -- INTRODUCTION -- EVALUATION OF THE CHARACTER OF CAESAR -- THE CONCEPT OF THE 'MOMENT OF DESTINY' -- EARLY LIFE -- RISE TO MILITARY GENIUS -- ENEMIES BACK IN ROME -- THE ROAD TO THE RUBICON -- WHY CAESAR HESITATED -- CAESAR ACTS -- ALEXANDER: THE SYNTHESIS OFPRESTIGE AND DOMINANCE II -- INTRODUCTION -- CROESUS, CYRUS AND ALEXANDER -- THE BATTLE OF ISSUS (333 BC) -- BATTLE OF GUAGAMELA (331 BC) -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

Sommario/riassunto

Summarises advances in our understanding of leader-follower interactions. This book illustrate these principles with the lives of ancient political and military leaders from Greece and Rome. It reviews psychologic, cognitive neuroscientific and evolutionary approaches to leader-follower dynamics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962023603321

Titolo

Personal construct perspectives on forensic psychology / / edited by James Horley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hove ; ; New York, : Brunner-Routledge, 2003

ISBN

1-135-45319-5

1-58391-223-1

9786610048441

1-135-45320-9

1-280-04844-1

0-203-42066-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

HorleyJames <1954->

Disciplina

614/.1

Soggetti

Forensic psychology

Personal construct theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Preface: Constructive alternativism and personal responsibility; Chapter 1 Forensic psychology and personal construct theory; Chapter 2 A credulous approach to violence and homicide; Chapter 3 Sexual offenders; Chapter 4 Mentally disordered offenders; Chapter 5 Stress in police officers: A personal construct theory perspective; Chapter 6 Treating offenders in the community: Assessment and treatment issues and the special challenges of sexual offenders

Chapter 7 Psychological treatment of offenders in institutionsName index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Why do people commit violent offences? Does rehabilitation really work?Personal Construct Perspectives on Forensic Psychology provides a new approach to the three main areas of application of forensic psychology; rehabilitation of offenders, work with police, and research and consultation on legal issues and processes. Challenging the mainstream approach to viewing offenders, this book emphasizes



responsibility for life choices, and eschews the biomedical view of people.Practising psychologists share their perspectives and illustrate their discussion with case studies and pers