1st Edition

Altruistic Emotion, Cognition, and Behavior

By Nancy Eisenberg Copyright 1986
270 Pages
by Psychology Press

270 Pages
by Psychology Press

270 Pages
by Psychology Press

Originally published in 1986, this book was an effort to integrate thinking and research concerning the role of emotion and cognition in altruistic behaviour. Prior to publication there was a vast body of research and theorizing concerning the development and maintenance of prosocial (including altruistic) behaviour. This book focusses primarily on a specific set of intrapsychic factors involved... Read more

Preface and Acknowledgements  1. Introduction  2. Philosophical and Theoretical Roots  3. Prosocial Emotion: Methods and Current Research  4. Attributions About Others and their Prosocial Actions  5. The Development of Self-Perceptions  6. Role Taking, Attributions About the Origins of Another’s Dependency, and Problem-Solving  7. Altruistic Values and Moral Judgment  8. Prosocial Moral Judgment: Cross-Cultural Research  9. A Model of Prosocial Moral Reasoning  10. The Role of Altruistic Affect and Cognitions in Behavior.  References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

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Authored by Eisenberg, Nancy