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Author Babula, Michael, author

Title Motivation, altruism, personality and social psychology : the coming age of altruism / Michael Babula
Published [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

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Contents PART I: INTRINSIC DRIVE TO BECOME EXOCENTRIC ALTRUISTS -- 1. An Unenlightened Developmental Psychology -- 2. Proposed Hyperbola Paradigm -- 3. Expanding the Scope of Biological Evolution -- 4. The Unlikely Samaritans -- PART II: A FRESH LOOK AT PATHOLOGY -- 5. Pathological Self-Interest -- 6. Needs Frustration and Mindset of 9/11 Jihadists -- 7. The Special Case of Psychopathy -- PART III: SEQUENTIAL CONFIRMATION OF THE HYPERBOLA PARADIGM -- 8. Post-materialist Value Change -- 9. New Challenges for the West -- 10. Political Values in a Threat Environment -- 11. The Rejection of Barabbas -- PART IV: THE COMING AGE OF ALTRUISM -- 12. Aligning Governing Systems and Altruistic Values -- 13. Promoting Altruistic Constructivist Education -- 14. Helping the Afflicted Transcend Self-Interest
Summary Motivation, Altruism, Personality, and Social Psychology takes up the debate around altruism and the acceptance in society that self-interest is a healthy guiding principle in life, and argues that altruism contributes to better states of psychological health that transcend self-actualization. In discussing altruism in relation to peace psychology, positive psychology, social and evolutionary psychology, psychotherapy, and in terms of neurobiological evidence, this book argues that the field of psychology is stuck in a 'dark age, ' driving people towards a focus on the self and promoting self-interest at the expense of the 'other' and one's wider social surroundings. Michael Babula proposes a new paradigm in which the traditional pyramidal hierarchy is replaced with a hyperbolic organization of motivational advancement, and details the research evidence in support of this radical new framework, and its implications for society as a whole
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Subject Altruism
Social psychology.
social psychology.
Social, group or collective psychology.
Social issues & processes.
Social & political philosophy.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Life Stages -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Developmental -- Lifespan Development.
PSYCHOLOGY -- General.
Psychology.
Altruism
Social psychology
Motivatie.
Altruïsme.
Persoonlijkheid.
Sociale psychologie.
Social, group or collective psychology.
Social & ethical issues.
Social & political philosophy.
Psychology.
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137031297
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9781306179195
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