Prosocial motives, emotions, and behavior : the better angels of our nature / edited by Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver.

"In recent years, psychological scientists' narrow focus on negative emotions and antisocial behavior has broadened to include a panoply of positive emotions such as empathy, compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness and a new emphasis on prosocial, generous, altruistic behavior. At the same...

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Other Authors: Mikulincer, Mario (Editor), Shaver, Phillip R. (Editor)
Format: Ebook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : American Psychological Association, 2010.
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. Theoretical perspectives. Empathy-induced altruistic motivation / C. Daniel Batson
  • Evolutionary perspectives on prosocial behavior / Jeffry A. Simpson and Lane Beckes
  • Enduring goodness : a person-by-situation perspective on prosocial behavior / Louis A. Penner and Heather Orom
  • A behavioral-systems perspective on prosocial behavior / Phillip R. Shaver, Mario Mikulincer, and Moran Shemesh-Iron
  • Forms of concern : a psychoanalytic perspective / Rami Tolmacz
  • Neuroscience meets social psychology : an integrative approach to human empathy and prosocial behavior / Grit Hein and Tania Singer
  • II. Psychological processes. Empathy-related responding : links with self-regulation, moral judgment, and moral behavior / Nancy Eisenberg
  • Genetic and environmental influences on prosocial behavior / Ariel Knafo and Salomon Israel
  • The effortful and energy-demanding nature of prosocial behavior / Matthew T. Gailliot
  • Helping relations as status relations / Arie Nadler, Samer Halabi, Gal Harapz-Gorodeisky, and Yael Ben-David
  • Compassionate callousness : a terror management perspective on prosocial behavior / Gilad Hirschberger
  • Basic values : how they motivate and inhibit prosocial behavior / Shalom H. Schwartz
  • III. Prosocial emotions. Compassionate love as a prosocial emotion / Beverley Fehr
  • Does gratitude promote prosocial behavior? The moderating role of attachment security / Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver
  • The malleability of forgiveness / Johan C. Karremans and Paul A. M. Van Lange
  • The subjective experience of generosity / Eliane Sommerfeld
  • IV. Prosocial behavior at the relational level. Prosocial motivation and behavior in close relationships / Caryl E. Rusbult and Christopher R. Agnew
  • Forgiveness : integral to a science of close relationships? / Frank D. Fincham
  • Responding to need in intimate relationships : social support and caregiving processes in couples / Nancy L. Collins, Máire B. Ford, AnaMarie C. Guichard, Heidi S. Kane, and Brooke C. Feeney
  • V. Prosocial behavior at the group and societal levels. Empathy and intergroup relations / John F. Dovidio, James D. Johnson, Samuel L. Gaertner, Adam R. Pearson, Tamar Saguy, and Leslie Ashburn-Nardo
  • A needs-based model of reconciliation : perpetrators need acceptance and victims need empowerment to reconcile / Nurit Shnabel and Arie Nadler
  • Overcoming psychological barriers to peacemaking : the influence of beliefs about losses / Daniel Bar-Tal and Eran Halperin.
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