The Duality of Human Nature: Coercion and Prosociality in Youths' Hierarchy Ascension and Social Success

In the present article, I argue for a shift in perspective regarding aggression, prosociality, and social affinity. Psychological approaches construe antisociality and prosociality as serving opposing functions. In contrast, I here consider them to serve the same function and to form the behavioral...

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Adolescents
Aggressiveness
Antisocial personality disorder
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child development
Children & youth
Comparative analysis
Developmental psychology
Friendship
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Homo sapiens
Human aggression
Language development
Morality
Preschool education
Prosocial behavior
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Social evolution
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