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Moving beyond self-interest : perspectives from evolutionary biology, neuroscience, and the social sciences / edited by Stephanie L. Brown, R. Michael Brown, Louis A. Penner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Helping behavior.
- Compassion.
- Behavior evolution.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Moving Beyond Self-Interest' is an interdisciplinary volume that discusses cutting-edge developments in the science of caring for and helping others. Contributors raise foundational issues related to human caregiving.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Contributors; PART ONE: Introduction; 1 Background and Historical Perspective; PART TWO: Foundations of Caregiving; 2 How Altruistic by Nature?; 3 Adult Attachment and Caregiving: Individual Differences in Providing a Safe Haven and Secure Base to Others; 4 Mechanisms, Mediators, and Adaptive Consequences of Caregiving; PART THREE: The Neuroscience of Caregiving Motivation; 5 The Human Caregiving System: A Neuroscience Model of Compassionate Motivation and Behavior
- 6 Neural Circuits Regulating Maternal Behavior: Implications for Understanding the Neural Basis of Social Cooperation and Competition7 Neuroscience of Empathic Responding; 8 Parental and Romantic Attachment Systems: Neural Circuits, Genes, and Experiential Contributions to Interpersonal Engagement; PART FOUR: The Psychology of Caregiving Motivation; 9 Parental Investment in Caregiving Relationships; 10 The Role of Empathic Emotions in Caregiving: Caring for Pediatric Cancer Patients; 11 The Costs and Benefits of Informal Caregiving
- 12 Too Close for Comfort? Lessons from Excesses and Deficits of Compassion in Psychopathology13 Egosystem and Ecosystem: Motivational Perspectives on Caregiving; 14 Caregiving in Adult Close Relationships; PART FIVE: Implications for Economics, Political Science, and Social Policy; 15 A New View of Utility: Maximizing "Optimal Investment"; 16 Bringing Neuroscience into Political Science: The Caregiving System and Human Sociopolitical Evolution; 17 Motivation and the Delivery of Social Services; Epilogue; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613423245
- 1-283-42324-3
- 0-19-983830-5
- OCLC:
- 772692303
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