Authored by Eisenberg, Nancy

Originally published in 1986, this book was an effort to integrate thinking and research concerning the role of emotion and cognition in 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.

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.