Description |
xv, 456 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Part I. Introduction -- Altruism and helping behavior : an historical perspective / J. Philippe Rushton and Richard M. Sorrentino -- Part II. Development of altruism -- The natural selection of altruism / Mark Ridley and Richard Dawkins -- The development of empathy / Martin L. Hoffman -- Socialization processes and the development of altruism / Joan E. Grusec -- Television as a socializer / J. Philippe Rushton -- Promoting positive behavior in schools, in other educational settings, and in the home / Ervin Staub -- Part III. Internal mediators of altruism -- Role-taking and altruism : when you put yourself in the shoes of another, will they take you to their owner's aid? / Dennis Krebs and Christine Russell -- Empathy : a source of altruistic motivation for helping? / Daniel Batson and Jay S. Coke -- A normative decision-making model of altrusim / Shalom H. Schwartz and Judith A. Howard -- Justice and altruism / Melvin J. Lerner and James R. Meindl -- Emotion and altruism / David L. Rosenhan ... [et al.] -- Part IV. Individual differences in altruism -- The altruistic personality / J. Philippe Rushton -- Derogation of an innocently suffering victim : so who's the "good guy"? / Richard M. Sorrentino -- Part V. Social constraints on helping -- The effects of group size on helping behavior / Bibb Latane, Steve A. Nida, David W. Wilson -- Constraints on helping behavior in an urban environment / Charles Korte -- The nature and organization of altruistic behavior among preschool children / F.F. Strayer -- Part VI. Consequences of helping -- Kidney donors revisited / Carl H. Fellner and John R. Marshall -- Extending altruism beyond the altruistic act : the mixed effects of aid on the help recipient / Jeffrey D. Fisher, Bella M. DePaulo, Arie Nadler -- Part VII. Overview -- Altruism and helping behavior : current perspectives and future possibilities / Richard M. Sorrentino and J. Philippe Rushton |
Analysis |
Helping behavior |
Notes |
Includes indexes |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
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Includes indexes |
Notes |
Also issued online |
Subject |
Altruism.
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Helping behavior.
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Author |
Rushton, J. Philippe.
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Sorrentino, Richard M.
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LC no. |
81009726 |
ISBN |
0898591554 |
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