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Violent behavior in context: Tucson and beyond
Jared Lee Loughner, caught at the scene of the attempted assassination of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of six other people, has been repeatedly described as crazy, a nutbag, disturbed, and mentally ill—labels that put the blame for the … Continue reading
Posted in Understanding violence
Tagged brain functioning, chronosystem, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, cultural values, development, drug abuse, ecological analysis, environment, exosystem, family, genetic predispositions, hate, individual, Jared Lee Loughner, macrosystem, mental illness, microsystem, neighborhood, sole gunman, Tucson, violence
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Ecological approach to studying peace and war
It is unlikely that the human capacity for inhumanity can ever be adequately explained by any one theory. We believe that all behavior is multi-determined—that is, many forces at a variety of levels contribute to any one type of behavior, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace studies
Tagged aggression, behavior, conflict, constructs, ecological approach, emotions, environments, exosystem, family, Gandhi, genetic heritage, home, individual, ingroup, inhumanity, interactions, macrosystem, Martin Luther King, mass media, microsystem, national security, neighborhood, Nelson Mandela, outgroup, peace, psychological theories, society, terrorism, theory, thoughts, torture, values, war, worship
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