Love of violence, violence of love / James Prescott ; produced by Pamela Burton.

James Prescott, a physiological psychologist, speaks about the relationship between child rearing techniques and violent behavior. He argues that societies which emphasize touching in childrearing and tolerate pre-marital and extra-marital sex have the lowest levels of violence. This is directed related to the development of pleasure circuits in the brain which are necessary to counterbalance violent circuits. As evidence he cites experiments with rhesus monkeys, and a study of 49 cultures using the Human Relations Area Files. His conclusion is that the repressive nature of western moral and religious thought directly leads to the violent nature of United States society.|LOVE OF VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE OF LOVE / James Prescott| produced by Pam Burton. - James Prescott, a physiological psychologist, speaks about the relationship between child rearing techniques and violent behavior. He argues that societies which emphasize touching in childrearing and tolerate pre-marital and extra-marital sex have the lowest levels of violence. This is directed related to the development of pleasure circuits in the brain which are necessary to counterbalance violent circuits. As evidence he cites experiments with rhesus monkeys, and a study of 49 cultures using the Human Relations Area Files. His conclusion is that the repressive nature of western moral and religious thought directly leads to the violent nature of United States society. - BROADCAST: KPFK, 2 Mar. 1984.