Aggression is a complex social behaviour with multiple causes. In psychology, as well as other social and behavioural sciences, aggression refers to behaviour between members of the same species that is intended to cause pain or harm. Aggression takes a variety of forms among humans and can be physical, mental, or verbal. Aggression should not be confused with assertiveness however, although the terms are often used interchangeably. There are two broad categories of aggression. These include hostile, affective, or retaliatory aggression and instrumental, predatory, or goal-oriented aggression. Empirical research indicates that there is a critical difference between the two, both psychologically and physiologically. Some research indicates that people with tendencies toward affective aggression have lower IQs than those with tendencies toward predatory aggression. If only considering physical aggression, males tend to be more aggressive than females. This new book gathers the latest research from around the world in this field.

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Preface; Synergy Goes To War: An Evolutionary Theory of Collective Violence; Psychopathy and Romantic Love: Associated Neural Systems; The Stability of Aggressive Behavior toward Peers as a Predictor of Externalizing Problems from Childhood through Adolescence; How to Identify Potentially Dangerous Dogs? A Proposal for a Screening System; New Classification and Neurobiology of Aggressive Behavior; Adolescent Aggression towards Parents: Factors Associated and Intervention Proposals; The Role of Aggression in the Success of the Invasive Argentine Ant; Cyber-Bullying: The Irish Experience; Maternal Aggression, Oxytocin and Prolactin; Child Aggressive Behavior: Risk Factors, Assessment, and Treatment; Behavioral Neurobiology of Aggression: From Perception to Action; They Fight for their Mate -- MSP as a Potential Determinant of Male Dominance and Aggressiveness in Fish; Affective-Cognitive Regulation of Aggressive Behaviors; The Interactive Roles of Parental Rejection and Noradrenergic Activation on Aggression in At-Risk Youth; A Comparison of Able-bodied and Disabled Hockey Players' Perceptions and Attitudes towards the Use of Aggressive Behavior; The Role of Plasma Cortisol in Conduct Problems and Antisocial Traits in Latency-Age Girls; Anger Regulation in Negotiations; Is there Correlation between Violence, Stakes and Fair play in Sport?; Children's Automatic Categorization Of Aggression According To Gender-Based Categories; Violence Attribution Errors among Low-Risk and High-Risk Juvenile Offenders; Genetics of Human Aggression and Related Traits; Foraging Behavior and Raptorial Character in Giant Water Bug; Aggressive Behavior: Lessons from Individuals with Prade-Willi Syndrome-like Phenotype; Does Affiliative Body Contact Repair Relationships among Bottlenose Dolphins?; Why are Aggression and Violence Understood and Justified Differently within the Context of Competitive Sport?; Aggressiveness and Forgivingness; Index.