Primate Social Conflict

William A. Mason is Research Scientist at the California Regional Primate Research Center and Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of California. Sally P. Mendoza is Associate Professor of Psychology and Research Scientist at the California Regional Primate Research Center.

• 1. Primate Social Conflict: An Overview of Sources, Forms, and ConsequencesWilliam A. Mason and Sally P. Mendoza 2. The Nature of Social Conflict: A Psycho-Ethological PerspectiveWilliam A. Mason 3. The Evolution of Social Conflict among Female PrimatesJoan B. Silk 4. Social Conflict on First EncountersSally P. Mendoza 5. Reconciliation among Primates: A Review of Empirical Evidence and Theoretical IssuesFrans B. M. de Waal 6. Social Conflict in Adult Male Relationships in a Free-Ranging Group of Japanese MonkeysNaosuke Itoigawa 7. The Physiology of Dominance in Stable versus Unstable Social HierarchiesRobert M. Sapolsky 8. Temperament and Mother-Infant Conflict in Macaques: A Transactional AnalysisWilliam A. Mason, D.D. Long, and Sally P. Mendoza 9. Impact on Foraging Demands on Conflict within Mother-Infants DyadsMichael W. Andrews, Gayle Sunderland, and Leonard A. Rosenblum 10. Coordination and Conflict in Callicebus Social GroupsCharles R. Menzel 11. Social Conflict in Two Monogamous New World Primates: Pairs and RivalsGustl Anzenberger 12. Social Conflict and Reproductive Suppression in Marmoset and Tamarin MonkeysDavid H. Abbott 13. Biological Antecedents of Human AggressionLionel Tiger 14. Conflict as a Constructive Force in Social LifeDavid M. Lyons Index

"I like the idea of social conflict as opposed to aggression as such. Too much of the focus on conflict has been on aggressive behavior, which is probably the most striking behavior observed in the field. The fact that conflict does not lead to aggression in all cases, that conflict is generally followed by some sort of reconciliation, and the consequences for fitness and future social life are important topics with respect to non-human primate society that should have considerable relevance to thinking about human social conflict." — Charles T. Snowdon, University of Wisconsin, Madison