Altruistic Emotion, Cognition, and Behavior (PLE: Emotion)

by Nancy Eisenberg

Overview

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 in prosocial responding, especially emotions and cognitions believed to play a major role in altruistic behaviour. In the final chapters these intrapsychic factors are also discussed in relation to a variety of other relevant factors including socialization and situational influences on altruism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138816404
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/16/2016
Series:	Psychology Library Editions: Emotion
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	270
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Authored by Eisenberg, Nancy

Table of Contents

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.