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- Title Pages
- Altruism in Humans
- Introduction
- Part I A Theory of Altruistic Motivation
- 1 The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
- 2 Antecedents of Empathic Concern
- 3 Behavioral Consequences of Empathy-Induced Altruism
- Part II Empirical Evidence
- 4 Turning to Experiments
- 5 Testing the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
- 6 Two Further Challenges
- Part III Altruism In Action
- 7 Benefits of Empathy-Induced Altruism
- 8 Liabilities
- 9 Toward a Pluralism of Prosocial Motives—and a More Humane Society
- Summary and Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A Cross-cutting Independent Variable(s), Dependent Variable(s), and Competing Predictions that Can Test the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis Against Each Egoistic Alternative
- Appendix B Tests of the Aversive-Arousal-Reduction Hypothesis
- Appendix C Tests of the Social-Evaluation Version of the Empathy-Specific-Punishment Hypothesis
- Appendix D Tests of the Self-Evaluation Version of the Empathy-Specific-Punishment Hypothesis
- Appendix E Tests of the General Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
- Appendix F Tests of the Empathic-Joy Version of the Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
- Appendix G Tests of the Negative-State-Relief Version of the Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
- Author Index
- Subject Index
Appendix G Tests of the Negative-State-Relief Version of the Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
Appendix G Tests of the Negative-State-Relief Version of the Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
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- Altruism in Humans
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
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- Title Pages
- Altruism in Humans
- Introduction
- Part I A Theory of Altruistic Motivation
- 1 The Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
- 2 Antecedents of Empathic Concern
- 3 Behavioral Consequences of Empathy-Induced Altruism
- Part II Empirical Evidence
- 4 Turning to Experiments
- 5 Testing the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis
- 6 Two Further Challenges
- Part III Altruism In Action
- 7 Benefits of Empathy-Induced Altruism
- 8 Liabilities
- 9 Toward a Pluralism of Prosocial Motives—and a More Humane Society
- Summary and Conclusion
- References
- Appendix A Cross-cutting Independent Variable(s), Dependent Variable(s), and Competing Predictions that Can Test the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis Against Each Egoistic Alternative
- Appendix B Tests of the Aversive-Arousal-Reduction Hypothesis
- Appendix C Tests of the Social-Evaluation Version of the Empathy-Specific-Punishment Hypothesis
- Appendix D Tests of the Self-Evaluation Version of the Empathy-Specific-Punishment Hypothesis
- Appendix E Tests of the General Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
- Appendix F Tests of the Empathic-Joy Version of the Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
- Appendix G Tests of the Negative-State-Relief Version of the Empathy-Specific-Reward Hypothesis
- Author Index
- Subject Index