Primate Social Conflict

Author:   William A. Mason ,  Sally P. Mendoza ,  Mason/Mendoz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
ISBN:  

9780791412428


Pages:   419
Publication Date:   24 March 1993
Format:   Paperback
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This book examines conflict as a normal and recurrent feature of primate social life, emphasizing that the study of aggression and social conflict is important to understanding the basic processes that contribute to social order. The authors go well beyond the usual view which tends to equate social conflict with fights over food, mates, or social supremacy, and analyze the diverse manifestations and significance of conflict in a variety of case studies. Contributors are scientists with field and laboratory experience in anthropology, behavioral endocrinology, ethology, and psychology. Utilizing the growing body of research on life-span development in primatology, the authors offer more extensive analyses of the complexity of primate social relationships.

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Author:   William A. Mason ,  Sally P. Mendoza ,  Mason/Mendoz
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   State University of New York Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.553kg
ISBN:  

9780791412428


ISBN 10:   0791412423
Pages:   419
Publication Date:   24 March 1993
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Primate Social Conflict: An Overview of Sources, Forms, and Consequences William A. Mason and Sally P. Mendoza 2. The Nature of Social Conflict: A Psycho-Ethological Perspective William A. Mason 3. The Evolution of Social Conflict among Female Primates Joan B. Silk 4. Social Conflict on First Encounters Sally P. Mendoza 5. Reconciliation among Primates: A Review of Empirical Evidence and Theoretical Issues Frans B. M. de Waal 6. Social Conflict in Adult Male Relationships in a Free-Ranging Group of Japanese Monkeys Naosuke Itoigawa 7. The Physiology of Dominance in Stable versus Unstable Social Hierarchies Robert M. Sapolsky 8. Temperament and Mother-Infant Conflict in Macaques: A Transactional Analysis William A. Mason, D.D. Long, and Sally P. Mendoza 9. Impact on Foraging Demands on Conflict within Mother-Infants Dyads Michael W. Andrews, Gayle Sunderland, and Leonard A. Rosenblum 10. Coordination and Conflict in Callicebus Social Groups Charles R. Menzel 11. Social Conflict in Two Monogamous New World Primates: Pairs and Rivals Gustl Anzenberger 12. Social Conflict and Reproductive Suppression in Marmoset and Tamarin Monkeys David H. Abbott 13. Biological Antecedents of Human Aggression Lionel Tiger 14. Conflict as a Constructive Force in Social Life David M. Lyons Index

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I like the idea of social conflict as opposed to aggression as such. Too much of the focus on conflict has been on aggressive behavior, which is probably the most striking behavior observed in the field. The fact that conflict does not lead to aggression in all cases, that conflict is generally followed by some sort of reconciliation, and the consequences for fitness and future social life are important topics with respect to non-human primate society that should have considerable relevance to thinking about human social conflict. - Charles T. Snowdon, University of Wisconsin, Madison


"""I like the idea of social conflict as opposed to aggression as such. Too much of the focus on conflict has been on aggressive behavior, which is probably the most striking behavior observed in the field. The fact that conflict does not lead to aggression in all cases, that conflict is generally followed by some sort of reconciliation, and the consequences for fitness and future social life are important topics with respect to non-human primate society that should have considerable relevance to thinking about human social conflict."" - Charles T. Snowdon, University of Wisconsin, Madison"


Author Information

William A. Mason is Research Scientist at the California Regional Primate Research Center and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California. Sally P. Mendoza is Associate Professor of Psychology and Research Scientist at the California Regional Primate Research Center.

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