Altruistic Emotion, Cognition, and Behavior (PLE Emotion) [Hardcover]

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.

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 Anothers 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.