The psychology of good and evil : why children, adults, and groups help and harm others / Ervin Staub.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staub, Ervin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Good and evil--Psychological aspects.

Good and evil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 592 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Psychology of Good & Evil

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book gathers the knowledge gained in a lifelong study of the roots of goodness and evil. Since the late 1960s, Ervin Staub has studied the causes of helpful, caring, generous, and altruistic behavior. He has also studied bullying and victimization in schools as well as youth violence and its prevention. He spent years studying the origins of genocide and mass killing and has examined the Holocaust, the genocide of the Armenians, the autogenocide in Cambodia, the disappearances in Argentina, the genocide in Rwanda. He has applied his work in many real world settings and has consulted parents, teachers, police officers, and political leaders. Since September 11th, he has appeared frequently in the media explaining the causes and prevention of terrorism. Professor Staub's work is collected together for the first time in The Psychology of Good and Evil.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I INTRODUCTION AND CORE CONCEPTS; 1 Good and Evil; 2 Studying the Pivotal Role of Bystanders; 3 Studying and Promoting Altruism and Studying and Working to Prevent Genocide; 4 Is Evil a Useful Concept for Psychologists and Others?; 5 Basic Human Needs and Their Role in Altruism and Aggression; PART II THE ROOTS OF HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED IN CONTRAST TO PASSIVITY; 6 Helping a Distressed Person; 7 Spontaneous (or Impulsive) Helping; 8 Social and Prosocial Behavior

9 The Power to Help OthersPART III HOW CHILDREN BECOME CARING AND HELPFUL RATHER THAN HOSTILE AND AGGRESSIVE; 10 The Origins of Caring, Helping, and Nonaggression; 11 Natural Socialization; 12 The Origins of Hostility and Aggression; 13 Cultural-Societal Roots of Violence; 14 Bystanders and Bullying; 15 Students' Experience of Bullying and Other Aspects of Their Lives in Middle School in Belchertown; 16 Passive and Active Bystandership across Grades in Response To Students Bullying Other Students; 17 Self-Esteem and Aggression; 18 Father-Daughter Incest; 19 Reducing Boys' Aggression

20 Creating Caring SchoolsPART IV THE ORIGINS OF GENOCIDE, MASS KILLING, AND OTHER COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE; 21 A Note on the Cultural-Societal Roots of Violence; 22 The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators, and Heroic Helpers; 23 Steps Along a Continuum of Destruction; 24 The SS and the Psychology of Perpetrators; 25 The Origins of Genocide; 26 Bystanders as Evil; 27 Individual and Group Identities in Genocide and Mass Killing; 28 Mass Murder; 29 When Instigation Does Not Result in Mass Murder; 30 Persian Gulf Conflict Was Reflection of Stormy Undercurrents in U.S. Psyche; 31 Mob Violence

32 Understanding and Preventing Police ViolencePART V THE AFTERMATH OF MASS VIOLENCE; 33 Preventing Group Violence; 34 Kosovo; 35 The Effects of Violence On Groups and Their Members; 36 Healing, Reconciliation, and Forgiving after Genocide and Other Collective Violence; 37 Healing, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation in Rwanda; 38 Further Avenues to Prevention; 39 Commentary; 40 A Vision of Holocaust Education in Holocaust Centers and Schools; 41 Out of Hiding; 42 Review of Legacy of Silence: Encounters with Children of the Third Reich

43 What Can We Learn from This Tragedy? A Reaction Days after September 11, 2001PART VI CREATING CARING, MORALLY INCLUSIVE, PEACEFUL SOCIETIES; 44 Changing Cultures and Society; 45 Transforming the Bystanders; 46 Blind versus Constructive Patriotism; 47 Manifestations of Blind and Constructive Patriotism; 48 The Ideal University in the Real World; 49 Conclusion; Appendix What Are Your Values and Goals?; PART I: HUMAN RELATIONS; PART II: YOUR GOALS AND VALUES; PART III: PERSONAL BACKGROUND; PART IV: HOW YOU HELP; PART V. BELIEFS & FEELINGS; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-13647-4

1-280-43086-9

0-511-18104-3

0-511-06185-4

0-511-20526-0

0-511-30810-8

0-511-61579-5

0-511-07031-4

OCLC:

171135787