The Caring Child (Paperback, New)

Much of this century's empirical research in the social sciences has been devoted to understanding the causes and contributing factors of antisocial behavior. In studies of children's moral reasoning and conduct, developmental psychologists have probed the cognitive and social bases of aggression, conflict, delinquency, and prejudice. In contrast to psychology's lengthy preoccupation with negative behavior in children, the study of children's altruistic, cooperative, and sharing behavior has a relatively short history. The Caring Child provides the most up-to-date account of our current understanding of the motivations behind prosocial behaviors and how these motives develop and are elicited in various situations. When do children first exhibit prosocial behavior, particularly altruism? How do helping, sharing, and comforting behaviors change with age? Why are some children more caring than others? Are differences among children's prosocial behaviors a result of hereditary factors, of how children are raised, or both? Can prosocial tendencies be enhanced by parents' and educators' deliberate attempts to instill altruistic motives and to teach caring behaviors? Nancy Eisenberg broadens our concept of the moral potential of children as she shifts the focus from censoring antisocial behaviors to the active promotion of kindness and caring in children.

General

Imprint:	Harvard University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Developing Child
Release date:	February 1992
First published:	February 1992
Authors:	Nancy Eisenberg
Dimensions:	210 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	102
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-674-09726-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Child & developmental psychology Books > Health, Home & Family > Self-help & practical interests > Popular psychology > General
LSN:	0-674-09726-2
Barcode:	9780674097261

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