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Prosocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior

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Description for Prosocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior Hardback. Examines the interplay of positive and negative influences on human behavior from a variety of perspectives. This book examines several prosocial emotions, such as compassionate love, gratitude, generosity, and forgiveness, showing how these arise in individuals and groups and how they can be fostered. Num Pages: 468 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JMAN; JMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 183 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1034.

In recent years, psychological scientists' narrow focus on negative emotions and antisocial behavior has been 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 time, neuroscientists, primatologists, and evolutionary biologists have begun to identify the evolutionary and neurological roots of prosocial feelings and actions.

Research shows that human beings have an innate capacity for prosocial behavior, but the inclinations underlying such behavior can be blocked, inhibited, or overpowered by selfish, neurotic, or culturally engrained attitudes and values. Genes, personality, past ... Read more

Prosocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior: The Better Angels of Our Nature, with a subtitle borrowed from an inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, is a comprehensive examination, from a variety of perspectives, of the interplay of these influences.

The book is divided into five sections:

  • Part I considers theoretical perspectives on prosocial behavior;
  • Part II illuminates the psychological processes that underlie prosocial behavior;
  • Part III focuses on specific prosocial emotions such as compassionate love, gratitude, and forgiveness;
  • Part IV examines prosocial behavior between individuals at the dyadic level; and
  • Part V investigates prosocial behavior at the societal level, with an emphasis on solving intractable conflicts and achieving desirable social change.

This simulating, wide-ranging volume is sure to be of great interest to psychologists, social scientists, and anyone with an interest in understanding and fostering prosocial behavior.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
American Psychological Association United States
Number of pages
482
Condition
New
Number of Pages
468
Place of Publication
Washington DC, United States
ISBN
9781433805462
SKU
V9781433805462
Shipping Time
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Ref
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About Mario Mikulincer
Mario Mikulincer, PhD, is professor of psychology and dean of the New School of Psychology at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) Herzliya, Israel. He has published three books—Human Helplessness: A Coping Perspective; Dynamics of Romantic Love: Attachment, Caregiving, and Sex; and Attachment in Adulthood: Structure, Dynamics, and Change—and over 280 scholarly journal articles and book chapters. Dr. Mikulincer's main research interests ... Read more

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