Preston The Altruistic Urge

Why We’re Driven to Help Others
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-231-55552-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch

Stephanie D. Preston explores how and why we developed a surprisingly powerful drive to help the vulnerable. She argues that the neural and psychological mechanisms that evolved to safeguard offspring also motivate people to save strangers in need of immediate aid.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Preston, Stephanie D.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Neurowissenschaften, Kognitionswissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Tierpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations for Neuroanatomic Regions, Neuropeptides, and Neurotransmitters
Introduction: The Curious Case of the Assiduous Dams
1. The Altruistic Response Model
2. Similarities Between Offspring Care and Altruism Across Species
3. Different Kinds of Altruism
4. What Is an Instinct?
5. The Neural Bases of Altruism
6. Characteristics of the Victim That Facilitate a Response
7. Characteristics of the Observer That Facilitate a Response
8. Comparing the Altruistic Response Model to Other Theories
Conclusion: Why Consider Altruistic Responding Now?
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephanie D. Preston is professor of psychology and director of the Ecological Neuroscience Lab at the University of Michigan. She is coeditor of The Interdisciplinary Science of Consumption (2014).