This week in social psychology class we were talking about aggression, commonly defined as physical or verbal behavior intended to physically or psychologically hurt someone. We noted historical ...

A recent study published in Psychology of Sport & Exercise has found that long-term engagement in competitive athletics is ...

Is aggression part of our primate nature, wired into our systems because it helps us survive, or do we learn it from such seemingly innocent occupations as watching cartoons and wrestling matches on ...

A new study has found that aggression is not always the product of poor self-control but, instead, often can be the product of successful self-control in order to inflict greater retribution. A new ...

When people reach for the same object, walk through a narrow doorway, forage for food, or work together on a shared task, ...

Evolutionary psychology provides a foundational framework for understanding how cognitive and behavioral traits have evolved in response to recurring ...