| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 297 pages) |
| Contents |
Part 1. Introduction: 1. Background and historical perspective / R. Michael Brown, Louis A. Penner, and Stephanie L. Brown -- Part 2. Foundations of Caregiving: 2. How altruistic by nature? / Dennis L. Krebs; 3. Adult attachment and caregiving: individual differences in providing a safe haven and secure base to others / Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver; 4. Mechanisms, mediators, and adaptive consequences of caregiving / Stephen W. Porges and C. Sue Carter -- Part 3. The Neuroscience of Caregiving Motivation: 5. The human caregiving system: a neuroscience model of compassionate motivation and behavior / Stephanie L. Brown, R. Michael Brown, and Stephanie D. Preton; 6. Neural circuits regulating maternal behavior: implications for understanding the neural basis of social cooperation and competition / Michael Numan; 7. Neuroscience of empathic responding / Jean Decety; 8. Parental and romantic attachment systems: neural circuits, genes, and experiential contributions to interpersonal engagement / James E. Swain -- Part 4. The Psychology of Caregiving Motivation: 9. Parental investment in caregiving relationships / Daphen B. Bugental, David A. Beaulieu, and Randy Corpuz; 10. The role of empathic emotions in caregiving: caring for pediatric cancer patients / Louis A. Penner, Felicity W.K. Harper, and Terrance L. Albrecht; 11. The costs and benefits of informal caregiving / Richard Schulz and Joan K. Monin; 12. Too close for comfort?: lessons from excesses and deficits of compassion in psychopathology / June Gruber and Dacher Keltner; 13. Egosystem and ecosystem: motivational perspective on caregiving / Jennifer Crocker and Amy Canevello; Caregiving in adult close relationships / Ellen Berscheid -- Part 5. Implications for Economics, Political Science, and Social Policy: 15. A new view of utility: maximizing "optimal investment" / Dylan M. Smith, Stephanie L. Brown, and Mary L. Rigdon; 16. Bringing neuroscience into political science: the caregiving system and human sociopolitical evolution / Judith S. Kullberg and J. David Singer; 17. Motivation and the delivery of social services / Julian Le Grand |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Behavior evolution.
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Compassion.
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Helping behavior.
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Behavior evolution
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Compassion
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Helping behavior
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brown, R. Michael
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Brown, Stephanie L
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Penner, Louis A., 1943-
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| ISBN |
0199918384 |
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9780199918386 |
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