The psychology of good and evil : why children, adults, and groups help and harm others / Ervin Staub.
"This book gathers together the knowledge gained in a lifelong study of the causes of goodness and evil. Since the 1960s Ervin Staub has studied the roots of helpful, caring, generous, and altruistic behavior in adults and their development in children, as well as passivity in response to other...
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2003.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART I INTRODUCTION AND CORE CONCEPTS
- 1 Good and Evil
- WHAT IS GOODNESS, WHAT IS EVIL?
- THE PROGRESSIVE INCREASE IN, OR EVOLUTION OF, GOODNESS AND EVIL, AND THE ROLE OF BYSTANDERS
- THE POWER OF CIRCUMSTANCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF WHO WE ARE
- HUMAN NATURE, GOODNESS, AND EVIL
- ARE GOOD AND EVIL CULTURALLY RELATIVE?
- GOOD AND EVIL AS OPPOSITES
- GOOD AND EVIL IN INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS
- SPIRITUALITY, GOODNESS, AND EVIL
- THEMES OF THIS BOOK: ORGANIZATION BY TOPICS
- Notes
- 2 Studying the Pivotal Role of Bystanders
- STOPPING POLICE BRUTALITY
- THE PATH TO ATROCITY
- 3 Studying and Promoting Altruism and Studying and Working to Prevent Genocide
- INTRODUCTION
- FROM SURVIVAL TO BECOMING A PSYCHOLOGIST
- FROM COMMUNIST HUNGARY TO THE UNITED STATES
- RESEARCH
- THE IMPACT OF THE HOLOCAUST ON ME
- WHERE AM I, AT THIS TIME IN MY LIFE?
- References
- 4 Is Evil a Useful Concept for Psychologists and Others?
- References
- 5 Basic Human Needs and Their Role in Altruism and Aggression
- BASIC PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS
- IDENTIFYING NEEDS: AN ANALYSIS OF GROUP VIOLENCE
- BASIC NEEDS: DEFINITIONS AND ASSUMPTIONS
- FURTHER CONSEQUENCES OF THE FULFILLMENT OF BASIC NEEDS
- References
- PART II THE ROOTS OF HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED IN CONTRAST TO PASSIVITY
- 6 Helping a Distressed Person
- I. INTRODUCTION
- II. SOME RECENT RESEARCH ON HELPING BEHAVIOR
- III. MOTIVES FOR HELPING (AND NOT HELPING) OTHERS
- IV. THE SITUATION AND THE PERSON AS DETERMINANTS OF HELPING BEHAVIOR
- V. THE EFFECTS OF CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STIMULUS FOR HELP AND OF SURROUNDING CONDITIONS ON HELPING BEHAVIOR
- VI. INFLUENCES THAT CONFLICT WITH HELPING: IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT RULES OF APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR
- VII. INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCES ON HELPING: THE EFFECT OF ANOTHER ONLOOKER DEFINING" THE STIMULUS AND THE APPROPRIATE"
- VIII. PERSONALITY, COMMUNICATIONS ABOUT PERMISSIBLE BEHAVIOR, AND HELPING UNDER LIFELIKE'' CONDITIONS
- IX. GENERAL DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS
- References
- 7 Spontaneous (or Impulsive) Helping
- References
- 8 Social and Prosocial Behavior
- SITUATIONAL AND PERSONAL INFLUENCES
- THE MEANING AND NATURE OF INTERACTION
- A THEORETICAL MODEL FOR PREDICTING PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOR
- OTHER PERSONALITY INFLUENCES
- DIMENSIONS OF SITUATIONS RELEVANT TO HELPING
- SUPPORTING RESEARCH
- References
- 9 The Power to Help Others
- WHAT VALUES ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE WHO CONSISTENTLY HELP OTHERS?
- DO OTHER-ORIENTED VALUES PRODUCE HELPING?
- WHAT ARE TRULY OTHER-ORIENTED GOALS?
- DO SELF-ORIENTED GOALS AUTOMATICALLY MEAN LESS HELPING?
- HOW HELPING MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD
- HOW HEALTH AND WELL-BEING RELATE TO HELPING
- WHICH IS THE MORE HELPFUL SEX?
- THOSE HELPFUL THIRTYSOMETHINGS
- THE ROOTS OF HELPING: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
- PART III HOW CHILDREN BECOME CARING AND HELPFUL RATHER THAN HOSTILE AND AGGRESSIVE
- 10 The Origins of Caring, Helping, and Nonaggression
- CHILD REARING THAT PROMOTES CARING, HELPING, AND NONAGGRESSION
- THE INFLUENCE OF THE FAMILY AS A SYSTEM
- References
- 11 Natural Socialization
- FOCUSING RESPONSIBILITY ON C.