Raises questions about interpersonal functioning within social groups. This volume sheds light on the alternative points of view to the prevailing orthodoxy that aggression equals pathology. It features evolutionary, school, feminist, historical, and methodological perspectives.

Intended for researchers in developmental, evolutionary, social, personality, and educational psychology, as well as developmental psychopathologists, this book is also suitable for advanced courses on social-personality development, the psychology of violence, aggression, peer relationships, and human motivation.