Social Psychology of Aggression: From Individual Behavior to Social Interaction: Springer Series in Social Psychology

1. A Social Psychological Interpretation of Human Aggression.- Current Concepts of Aggression.- The Study of Threats and Punishments.- Laboratory Research on Aggression.- Conclusion.- 2. Motivation Theory of Aggression and Its Relation to Social Psychological Approaches.- Motivation Theory of Aggression.- Relationship Between Motivation Theory and Social Psychological Approaches.- Essentials of the Motivation Theory.- Conclusion.- 3. Individual Differences and Aggressive Interactions.- Social Psychological Perspective: “Aggressive” Is Always the Other Person..- “Aggressive” Is Always the Other Person?: Some Research Gaps.- Retaliation Norm in Aggressive Interactions and Individual Differences.- Causal Ambiguity in Aggressive Interactions and Individual Differences.- Concluding Remarks.- 4. Aggression as Discourse.- Aggression as Linguistically Grounded.- The Structural Unpacking of Aggression Discourse.- On the Negotiation of Aggression.- Summary.- 5. Aggression: From Act to Interaction.- Mutually Interpreting Behavior in Aggressive Interactions.- The Context of Aggressive Interactions: Taxonomy of Social Situations.- The Actor-Victim Divergence in Aggressive Interactions.- Conceptions About the Progress of Aggressive Interactions.- Conclusion.- 6. Patterns of Aggressive Social Interaction.- Theoretical Approaches.- A Description of Aggressive Incidents.- Discussion.- 7. Frustration, Aggression, and the Sense of Justice.- Reactions to Failure, Obstruction, and Attack.- Coping with Failure.- Coping with Obstruction and Attack.- 8. The Relations Among Attribution, Moral Evaluation, Anger, and Aggression in Children and Adults.- The Role of Norms and Causality in Blame, Anger, and Aggression.- Biasing Conditions.- Conclusions.- General Issues.- 9. Social Justiceand the Legitimation of Aggressive Behavior Dieter Birnbacher.- Three Uses of the Concept “Aggression”.- Principles of Social Justice and Their Role in Aggressive Interaction.- The Utilitarian Way Out.- Author Index.