| View Larger Image | Human Aggression (Perspectives in Social Psychology) | Paperbackby Robert A. Baron (Author), Deborah R. Richardson (Author)
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| | Binding: | Paperback | | Publisher: | Springer | | Edition: | 2ndnd Edition | | Page Count: | 444 Pages | | Publication Date: | May 31, 2004 | | Sales Rank: | 668,714th |
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This revised edition includes new chapters on the development of aggression, biological bases of aggressive behavior, and aggression in natural settings; and extensive updates of the theory and research covered in the first edition. |
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