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Human Aggression: a Multifaceted Phenomenon View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by EPrints Complutense HUMAN AGGRESSION: A MULTIFACETED PHENOMENON by J. Martin Ramirez INDEX FOREWORD by Prof. John Archer, President of I.S.R.A. INTRODUCTION I. CONCEPT OF AGGRESSION 1. The nature of violence. J. Martin Ramirez In Violence: Some Alternatives , Centreur, pp. 87-112 (1994) 2. Aggression: causes and functions. J. Martin Ramirez, Hiroshima Forum for Psychology 17: 21-37 (1996) 3. Towards control and eventual prevention of any violence: Comments on Dr. Ramirez's Paper Yoshimasa Habu Dr. Habu’s comments., Hiroshima Forum for Psychology 17: 38- 42 (1996) 4. For the victim, whether aggression is intended doesn't really matter… and other matters. J. Martin Ramirez, Reply to Dr. Habu. Hiroshima Forum for Psychology 17: 43-47 (1996) II. KINDS OF HUMAN AGGRESSION 5 . Towards a Conceptualization and Classification of Animal Aggression J. Martin Ramirez, Hiroshima Forum for Psychology 1981, 8: 11~21 6. Some Inconsistencies between his present behavioral and previous physiological analyses of aggression : Comments on Dr. Ramirez's Paper 1 Akira Shishimi, Hiroshima Forum for Psychology 1981, 8, 22. 7. Reply to the Comments of Dr. Shishimi J. Martin Ramirez, Hiroshima Forum for Psychology 1981, 8: 23-26. 8. Aggression’s typologies. J. Martin Ramirez,, J. M. Andreu, International Review of Social Psychology (in press) 9. A new tridimensional construct of aggression using structural equations modelling J. M. Andreu, J. Martin Ramirez, III. VIOLENCE, WAR AND PEACE: THE SEVILLE STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE 10. The Seville Statement on Violence, D. Adams, S.A. Barnett, N.P. Bechtereva, B.F. Carter, J.M.R. Delgado, J.L. Díaz, A. Eliasz, S. Genovés, B.E. Ginsburg, J. Gröbel, S.K. Ghosh, R.A. Hinde, R.E. Leakey, T.H. Malasi, J. Martín Ramírez, F. Mayor Zaragoza, D.L. Mendoza, A. Nandy, J.P. Scott, & R. Wahlstrom, Cahiers du Mouvement Universel de la Responsabilité Scientifique, 5: 51-59 (1986). 11. The nature of violence and war. J. Martín Ramírez, R. Hinde & J. Groebel, Essays on Violence, Seville: Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla, 1987, 13-16 12. Psychobiology of peace. J. Martín Ramírez, In: J. Martín Ramírez, R. Hinde & J. Groebel, Essays on Violence, Seville: Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla, 1987, 134-155 13. The educational task of overcoming violence. J. Martin Ramirez, In: J. Martin Ramirez, Violence. Some Alternatives. Madrid: Centreur, 1994, 113-146 14. Psychobiological control of hostility. J. Martin Ramirez, In: J. Rotblat & M. Konuma (eds). Towards a Nuclear Weapon-free World, Singapur: World Scientific (1997). pp 646-648 15. War is biologically avoidable. J. Martin Ramirez, In: Joseph Rotblat (ed). Long Roads to Peace Singapur: World Scientific 2001. pp 375-379 16. Human and cultural nature of war. J. Martin Ramirez, In: J. Roblatt, R.A. Hinde (eds) Eliminating the Causes of War. Cambridge (in press). 17. The Jerusalem Statement on Science for Peace 2 Y. Becker, J. Vary, J.M. Ramirez. In: Y. Becker & Vladimir Kouzminov (eds.) Science for Peace Venice: UNESCO 1997, pp 13-16 18. Peace is scientifically possible: from The Seville Statement on Violence to the UNESCO Culture of Peace. J. Martin Ramirez, In: Y. Becker & Vladimir Kouzminov (eds.) Science for Peace Venice: UNESCO 1997, pp 21-31 19. A first step toward peace is to know that biology does not condemnt humanity to war J. Martin Ramirez, Journal on the Psychology of International Relations (in press) 20. Developing in peace: poverty, migration and violence. J. Martin Ramirez, In: J. Rotblat (ed) Security, Cooperation and Disarmament: the Unfinished Agenda for the 1990s, Singapur: World Scientific 1998, pp 547-561 21. Peacekeeping in Europe: some comments in the light of the Balkans conflict. J. Martin Ramirez, Pugwash Meeting on NATO, Castellón 1-4 July 1999 IV. PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF HUMAN AGGRESSION 22. Animal models in the research of human aggression. J. Martin Ramirez. Aggression and Violent Behavior 5 (3): 281-290 (2000) 23. Hormones and Aggression in Childhood and Adolescence. J. Martin Ramirez. Aggression and Violent Behavior, in press V. CULTURAL AND GENDER DIFFERENCES IN AGGRESSION AND ANGER A) Interpersonal aggression 24. Gender differences in social interactions of children: a naturalistic approach D.L. Mendoza, J. Martin Ramirez, Bulletin Psychonomic Society 22 (6): 553-556 (1984) 25. Aggression and cohesion in Spanish and Mexican children J. Martin Ramirez, D.L. Mendoza. In J. Martín Ramírez & P.F. Brain (eds), Aggression: Functions and Causes, Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla 1985, 152-163 26. Direct and indirect aggression in women: a comparison between South Africa and Spain. 3 W.H. Theron, D.D. Matthee, Henry R. Steel & J. Martin Ramirez. In: J. Martin Ramirez & Deborah R. Richardson (eds.) Cross-cultural Approaches to Aggression and Reconciliation. Huntington: NovaScience, (2001) pp. 99-109 1. Cultural and sex differences in aggression: a comparison between Japanese and Spanish students using two different inventories. J. Martin Ramirez, J.M. Andreu & T. Fujihara, Aggressive Behavior, (2001) 27: 313- 322 B) Justification of interpersonal aggression 2. Similarities in attitudes toward interpersonal aggression in Finland, Poland, and Spain, J. Martin Ramirez. Journal of Social Psychology, 13:737-739 (1991). 29. Acceptability of aggression in four Spanish regions and a comparison with other European countries, J. Martin Ramirez, Aggressive Behavior, 19: 185-197 (1993) 30. Taijinteki kougeki koudou ni taisuru taidono hikaku bunkateki kenkyu. (Cross-cultural study of attitudes toward interpersonal aggression). J. Martin Ramirez & T. Fujihara, Kwansei Gakuin Daigaku Syakaigakubu Kiyou. 78: 97-103 (1997) (in Japanese language) 31. Justification of interpersonal aggression in Japanese, American and Spanish students, T. Fujihara, T. Kohyama, J.M. Andreu, J.M. Ramirez, Aggressive Behavior, (1999) 25: 185-195 32. Moral approval of aggressive acts by urban students (A cross-national study in four continents). J. Martin Ramirez, In: J. Martin Ramirez & Deborah R. Richardson (eds.) Cross- cultural Approaches to Aggression and Reconciliation. Huntington: NovaScience, (2001) pp. 61-71 C) Anger 33. Cultural and gender differences in anger and aggression: a comparison between Japanese, Dutch and Spanish students, J. Martin Ramirez, T. Fujihara & S. van Goozen. Journal of Social Psychology 141 (1): 119-121 (2001) 34. Anger proneness in Japanese and Spanish students. 4 J. Martin Ramirez, T. Fujihara & S. van Goozen & C. Santisteban, C. In: J. Martin Ramirez & Deborah R. Richardson (eds.) Cross-cultural Approaches to Aggression and Reconciliation. Huntington: NovaScience, (2001) pp. 87-97 35. Differences between experiences of anger and readiness to angry action: A study of Japanese and Spanish students. J. Martin Ramirez, C. Santisteban, T. Fujihara, & S. Van Goozen. Aggressive Behavior, (2002) Vol 28(6): 429-438 36. Individual differences in anger reaction to noise J. Martin Ramirez, J. M. Alvarado & C. Santisteban (submitted) C) Aggression and Pleasure 37. Pleasure, the common currency of emotions. J. Martin Ramirez, M. Cabanac. In: Ekman, P. (Ed.). Emotions Inside Out, Annals of New York Academy of Sciences, (in press) 38. Can impulsive aggression provide pleasure? A study with people of different ages. J. Martin Ramirez, M.C. Bonniot-Cabanac, M. Cabanac, Aggressive Behavior, (in press) VI. TERRORISM A) General comments 39. Psychological perspectives of terrorism. J. Martin Ramirez, In: J. Groebel & J. Goldstein (eds), Terrorism, Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla 1989, 11-14 40. Reflections on terrorism and its semantic. Examples from Spain and South Africa. J. Martin Ramirez & C. Lindhard. In: The Developmental Origins of Aggressive Behavior, Montreal, 28-31 July 2002, p. 102 41. Terrorism: a problem of borders. J. Martin Ramirez, In. Science, Sustainability Security, La Jolla, (in press) B) Terrorism in Spain 42. The Basque conflict. J. Martin Ramirez, B. Sullivan. In: J. Boucher, D. Landis & K. Arnold (eds), Ethnic conflict: International perspectives, SAGE, Newbury Park 1987, 119-138 5 43.Terrorism in Spain: the case of E.T.A., J. Martin Ramirez. In: J. Groebel & J. Goldstein (eds), Terrorism, Publicaciones Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla 1989, 153-161 VIII. ESTRES 44. The PTSD: An unhealthy effect of war. J. Martin Ramirez, In: Joseph Rotblat (ed). Lond Roads to Peace. Singapur: World Scientific 2001. pp 390-396 45. Urban stress in the metropolis: psychobiological consequences. J. Martin Ramirez, In: E.Y. Galantay (ed.), The metropolis in transition, Paragon House, New York, 1987, 123-132 46. Reduction of stress by relaxation techniques: their possible use in the reduction of aggression J.M. Poveda, E., Iciarte, E. Toro-Lira, R. Rodriguez, R., J. Poveda, and J.M. Ramirez. In: M. Martinez (ed.) Prevention and control of aggression and the impact on its victims, London: Kluwer Academic, (2001) pp. 189-194 6 FOREWORD It is an honour to write the prologue to this book, containing selections from the writings of Martin Ramirez over the Last twenty-five years. Martin is a well-known, well-travelled, and well-respected researcher and writer about aggression. Although he started out as a neuroscientist and biomedical researcher, his intellectual voyage over the last thirty years has taken him far away from this starting point. The wide-ranging topics in the chapters of this book indicate the diversity of his interests, which are all variations on the basic theme of violence and human nature. It is particularly important in these days of academic specialisation for there to be researchers such as Martin who can form a broad view of the subject. The chapters in this book are arranged thematically rather than chronologically, although the order of their original publication is clear from their dates. Throughout, Martin has been concerned with the prevention of violence and the issue of war and peace, which unfortunately is always topical. Two earlier sections are concerned with the concept of aggression, what the term means and where its boundaries are, and the classification of aggression.
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