Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-06-05

Chris Williamson & Tony Volk: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #637

The Evolutionary Psychology Of Bullying - Tony Volk - #637

2 books · With Tony Volk · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Tony Volk is a psychologist, professor of Evolutionary Psychology at Brock University, a researcher and an author. Almost everyone will encounter bullying at some point in our lives.

Tony Volk recommended Never in Anger by Jean L. Briggs, and discussed Bullies and Mean Girls in Popular Culture by Patrice A. Oppliger.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Bullies and Mean Girls in Popular Culture

    Patrice A. Oppliger · at 15:35

    Bullies and Mean Girls in Popular Culture by Patrice A. Oppliger is an academic examination of bullying behaviors, social aggression, and cultural archetypes as portrayed in media and society.

    Discussed
    “if you see the movie Mean Girls it's often the prototype for girls bullying and they're pretty nasty with each other”
    Where to get it
  2. Never in Anger

    Jean L. Briggs · at 48:57

    Never in Anger: Portrait of an Eskimo Family by Jean L. Briggs is an influential anthropological study documenting the emotional life, socialization patterns, and conflict-avoidance behaviors of an Inuit community in the Canadian Arctic.

    Recommended
    “interestingly one of you know one of the things that really tuned me into the evolutionary research is a book by Jean Briggs never in anger”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Generations
“i had gene twangy on the show recently lady that wrote igen and new book generations”
Passing iGen
“i had gene twangy on the show recently lady that wrote igen and new book generations”
Passing Generations Revisited
“yeah it's a I had gene twangy on the show recently lady that wrote igen and new book Generations”
Passing Orange Is the New Black
“if your child is stuck in a toxic situation where people are picking on them like it's an episode of Orange Is the New Black get them out of that situation”