The Male Flash of Anger: Violent Response to Transgression as an Example of the Intersection of Evolved Psychology and Culture

Missing the Revolution: Darwinism for Social Scientists

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fessler, Daniel M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anger; Anthropology; Child socialization; Cultural group selection; Culture; Emotion; Evolutionary psychology; Honor cultures; Social emotion; Vertical integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920025001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195130027.003.0003     Document Type: Chapter

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