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Title Psychology and neurobiology of empathy / editors, Douglas F. Watt, and Jaak Panksepp.

Publication Info. Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2016]
©2016

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 453 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Psychology of emotions, motivations and actions
Psychology of emotions, motivations, and actions series.
Note Includes index.
Contents PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY OF EMPATHY ; PSYCHOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY OF EMPATHY ; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; OVERVIEWS OF EMPATHY -- NEUROBIOLOGY, EVOLUTION, PSYCHOLOGY ; Chapter 1 EMPATHY AND THE PROSOCIAL BRAIN: INTEGRATING COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PERSPECTIVES IN HUMAN AND ANIMAL MODELS OF EMPATHY ; Abstract; Introduction; The Problem of Defining Empathy -- Continuing Terminological Controversies?; Animal Models Emphasizing Subcortical Networks in Maternal CARE; Mammalian Maternal Behavior as a Precursor for Empathy
The Social-Emotional Foundations of Empathy -- Phylogenetic PerspectivesProto-Empathy in Animals: Data on FEAR Contagion; Work on Contagion in Humans -- Remaining Questions about Contagion?; Neuromodulatory Perspectives on Empathy; Functional Human Brain Imaging Studies of Empathy and Related Processes; Human Developmental Investigations of Empathy and Its Precursors and Antagonists; Summary Overview -- Six Major Variables Modulating Empathy?; References; Chapter 2 EVOLUTIONARY ORIGINS OF EMPATHY; Abstract; Introduction; 1. Classification of Empathy; 2. Empathy for Negative Motion
2.1. Aversive Properties of the Distress of Others2.2. Social Learning; 2.3. Rescue Behavior; 2.4. The Biological Basis of Universal Morality; 3. Empathy for Positive Emotion; 3.1. Social Reinforcement; 3.2. Social Facilitation; 3.3. Social Learning; 3.4. Helper and Rescue Behavior; 4. Reversed Empathy; 4.1. Sense of Fairness; 5. Schadenfreude; 5.1. Social Status; 6. Range of Empathy; Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 THE POSITIVE (AND NEGATIVE) PSYCHOLOGY OF EMPATHY ; Abstract; Introduction; Part 1: The Positive Psychology of Empathy; Is Empathy Good for Others?
Is Empathy Good for the Self?Part 2: The Negative Psychology of Empathy; Can Empathy Be Bad for the Self?; Can Empathy Be Bad for Others?; Part 3: Reconciling the Positive and Negative Aspects of Empathy- Even 'Great Things' Have a Cost?; Explaining the Positives of Empathy; Conclusion; Author's Note; References; EMPATHY THROUGH THE LIFECYCLE ; Chapter 4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMPATHY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD ; Abstract; Definition of Empathy; Theories of Empathy Development; Hoffman's Developmental Theory of Empathy; Preston and De Waal's Perception-Action Model
Decety and Jackson's Model of EmpathyDevelopment of Empathic Behaviors in Early Childhood -- Empirical Findings; Developmental Origins of Empathy; Temperament; Gender; Cognitive Factors; Neural Correlates of Early Empathy; The Parent-Child Relationship; Siblings; Relations between Empathy and Social Behaviors; Prosocial Behavior; Psychopathology; Can Empathy Be Trained?; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5 EMPATHY IN CHILDREN: THEORY AND ASSESSMENT ; Abstract; Introduction; Theories of Empathy; The Development of Empathy; Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Empathy
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Subject Empathy.
Empathy.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Watt, Douglas F., editor.
Panksepp, Jaak, 1943-2017, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Psychology and neurobiology of empathy. New York : Nova Biomedical, [2016] 9781634844468 (DLC) 2015048144 (OCoLC)932169715
ISBN 9781634844482 (electronic book)
1634844483 (electronic book)
9781634844826
1634844823
9781634844468 (hardcover)