Psychology & Counseling, Behavioral Sciences, Zoology, Evolution, General, Violence in Society, Physical, Sociology 

Aggression and competition are customarily presented as the natural state of affairs in both human society and the animal kingdom. Yet, as this book shows, our species relies heavily on cooperation for survival as do many others—from wolves and dolphins to monkeys and apes. A distinguished group of fifty-two authors, including many of the world's leading experts on human and animal behavior, review evidence from multiple disciplines on natural conflict resolution, making the case that reconciliation and compromise are as much a part of our heritage as is waging war.Chimpanzees kiss and embrace after a fight. Children will appeal to fairness when fighting over a toy. Spotted hyenas, usually thought to be a particularly aggressive species, use reconciliation to restore damaged relationships. As these studies show, there are sound evolutionary reasons for these peacekeeping tendencies. This book also addresses the cultural, ecological, cognitive, emotional, and moral perspectives of conflict resolution. - From Amzon 

Contents

Introduction
1. Why Natural Conflict Resolution? Filipo Aureli and Frans B. M. de Waal….....P.3

Part 1 - History
Introduction……………………………………………………………….......................................P. 13

2. The First Kiss: Foundations of Conflict Resolution
Research in Animals Frans B. M. de Waal ……………………................................…P. 15

Box 1.1. Methodological Progress in Post-Conflict Research Hans C. Veenema…p. 21

3. Conflict Management in Children and Adolescents
Peter Verbeek, Willard W. Hartup, and W. Andrew Collins……..........................p. 34

4. Law, Love and Reconciliation: Searching for Natural
Conflict Resolution in Homo Sapiens Douglas H. Yarn…………….........................p. 54

Box 4.1. Interpersonal Dynamics in International Conflict Mediation Joyce Neu.p. 65

Part 2 - Controlling Aggression
Introduction……………………………………………………………….......................................p. 73

5. Dominance and Communication: Conflict Management in
Various Social Settings Signe Preuschoft and Carel P. van Schaik……...............p. 77

Box 5.1.Conflict, Social Costs, and Game Theory Shuichi
Matsumura and Kyoko Okamoto……………………………………………...........................p. 79

Box 5.2. The Use of Infants to Buffer Male Agression
Jutto Kuester and Andreas Paul…................................................................p. 91

Box 5.3. Greeting Ceremonies in Babboons and
Hyenas Fernando Colmenares, Heribert Hofer, and Marion L. East……..............p. 94

6. Covariation of Conflict Management Patterns across Macaque
Species Bernard Thierry…………………………………………………..............................…p. 106

Box 6.1. Physiological Correlates of Individual Dominance
Style Robert Sapolsky…………....................................................................p. 114

7. Coping with Crowded Conditions Peter G. Judge……………………....................p. 129

Box 7.1. Conflict Prevention before Feeding Nicola F. Koyama………..............…p. 130

8. The Peacefulness of Cooperatively Breeding Primates
Colleen M. Schaffner and Nancy G. Caine………………………….............................p. 155

Part 3 - Repairing the Damage
Introduction ……………………………………………………………......................................p. 173

9. Reconciliation and Relationship Qualities Marina Cords…………………..............p. 177

Box 9.1. The Function of Peaceful Post-Conflict Interactions:
An Alternate View Joan B. Silk………………………………………………..........................p. 179

Box 9.2. Distance Regulation in Macaques: A Form of Implicit
Reconciliation? Josep Call……………………………………………………............................p. 191

10. The Role of Emotion in Conflict and Conflict Resolution
Fillipo Aureli and Darlene Smucny……………………………………..............................p. 199

Box 10.1.Vocal Reconciliation by Free-Ranging Baboons
Dorothy L. Cheney and Robert M. Seyfarth…………………………………....................p. 208

Box 10.2. The Development of Reconciliation in Brown
Capuchins Ann Ch. Weaver and Frans B. M. de Waal……………………..................p. 216

11. Beyond the Primates: Expanding the Reconciliation
Horizon Gabriel Schino………………………………………………....................................p. 225

Box 11.1. The Ethological Approach Precluded Recognition of
Reconciliation Thelma E. Rowell……………………………………………..........................p. 227

Box 11.2. Peaceful Conflict Resolution in the Sea? Amy
Samuels and Cindy Flaherty…………………………………………………..........................p. 229

Box 11.2. Conflict Management in Female-Dominated
Spotted Hyenas Heribert Hofer and Marion East……………………......................…p. 232

12. A Multicultural View of Peacemaking among Young
Children Marina Butovskaya, Peter Verbeek,
Thomas Ljungberg, and Antonella Lunardini………………………...........................p. 243

Box 12.1 Post-Tantrum Affiliation with Parents:
The Ontogeny of Reconciliation Michael Potegal………………….....................…….p. 253

Part 4 - Triadic Affairs
Introduction……………………………………………………............................................…p. 261

13. Conflict Management via Third Parties: Post-Conflict
Affiliation of the Aggressor Marjolijn Das…………………………..............................p. 263

Box 13.1 Do Impartial Interventions in Conflicts Occur in
Monkeys and Apes? Odile Petit and Bernard Thierry…………………..................….p. 267

14. Redirection, Consolation, and Male Policing: How Targets of
Aggression Interact with Bystanders David P. Watts,
Fernando Colmenares, and Kate Arnold…………………………............................….p. 281

Box 14.1 Triadic versus Dyadic Resolutions: Cognitive
Implications Duncan L. Castles……………………………………………...........................p. 289

Part 5 - Ecological and Cultural Contexts
Introduction…………………………………………………………….......................................p. 305

15. The Natural History of Valuable Relationships in
Primates Carel P. van Schaik and Filippo Aureli………………............................…p. 307

Box 15.1 Prescription for Peacefulness Karen B. Strier,
Dennison S. Carvalho, and Nilcemar O. Bejar……………………….......................…p. 315

Box 15.2. Divergent Social Patterns in Two Primitive
Primates Michael E. Pereira and Peter M. Kappeler………………………..................p. 318

16. Conflict Management in Cross-Cultural Perspective Douglas P. Fry….....…p. 334

17. The Evolution and Development of Morality
Melanie Killen and Frances B. M. de Waal…………………………..........................…p. 352


Box 17.1. Forgiveness across Cultures Seung-Ryong Park
and Robert D. Enright………………………………………………………...........................….p. 359

Conclusion
18. Shared Principles and Unanswered Questions
Frans de Waal and Fillipo Aureli…………………………………....................................p.352

Appendixes
Appendix A. The Occurrence of Reconciliation in Nonhuman Primates…..........p. 383

Appendix B. Key Terms Used in the Volume………………………….........................p. 387