By Gerda Siann
August 08, 2024
The despair and incomprehension that often seem to be the only possible response to acts of aggression and violence have led to attempts by academics and writers from a wide variety of backgrounds to understand and explain such behaviour. The concern and anxiety that is felt by many people about ...
By Lydia Jackson
August 08, 2024
Originally published in 1954, this was a new study of aggressive behaviour and phantasies in children of school age, combining the scientific-experimental with the clinical approach. It was, therefore, at the time, likely to be of interest both to experimental psychologists and to clinicians, as ...
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By Emilio Ribes-Inesta, Albert Bandura
August 08, 2024
Originally published in 1976, this volume is organized about two central themes: the experimental analysis of aggression, and the application of learning principles to the prevention and modification of delinquency. The chapters, all new and original at the time, demonstrate how the problems of ...
By Various
August 08, 2024
Originally published between 1954 and 1995, the 5 volumes in this set look at aggression from a primarily psychological perspective. Covering issues such as: how aggression is reported in the media; the link between aggression and delinquency; children’s mental health and the effect on parents; and...
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By Jeffrey H. Goldstein
August 08, 2024
Originally published in 1986, this is a nonscientific book about science. It is concerned with the relationships among social science, journalism, public information, and public policy. Reporting Science: The Case of Aggression explores some of the obstacles – and suggestions for overcoming them – ...
By Paul Lerman, Kathleen J. Pottick
August 08, 2024
Originally published in 1995, this book describes and analyzes the way urban parents view the problems of their adolescent children, and the way they have tried to cope with and seek help for them. Based on the study of parents as third-party help-seekers in and around Newark, New Jersey, the book ...