{"product_id":"prosocial-motives-emotions-and-behavior-the-better-angels-of-our-nature","title":"Prosocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior: The Better Angels of Our Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, psychological scientists' narrow focus on negative emotions and antisocial behavior has been broadened to include a panoply of positive emotions such as empathy, compassion, gratitude, and forgiveness and a new emphasis on prosocial, generous, altruistic behavior. At the same time, neuroscientists, primatologists, and evolutionary biologists have begun to identify the evolutionary and neurological roots of prosocial feelings and actions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eResearch shows that human beings have an innate capacity for prosocial behavior, but the inclinations underlying such behavior can be blocked, inhibited, or overpowered by selfish, neurotic, or culturally engrained attitudes and values. Genes, personality, past social experiences, social and cultural identities, and contextual factors can all influence the degree to which human behavior is empathic, generous, and kind--or cruel, vindictive, and destructive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eProsocial Motives, Emotions, and Behavior: The Better Angels of Our Nature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, with a subtitle borrowed from an inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, is a comprehensive examination, from a variety of perspectives, of the interplay of these influences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is divided into five sections: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I considers theoretical perspectives on prosocial behavior;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II illuminates the psychological processes that underlie prosocial behavior;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart III focuses on specific prosocial emotions such as compassionate love, gratitude, and forgiveness;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart IV examines prosocial behavior between individuals at the dyadic level; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart V investigates prosocial behavior at the societal level, with an emphasis on solving intractable conflicts and achieving desirable social change.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis simulating, wide-ranging volume is sure to be of great interest to psychologists, social scientists, and anyone with an interest in understanding and fostering prosocial behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"American Psychological Association (APA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51939456155879,"sku":"9781433805462","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_c20df9b0-8252-4047-b765-4916383a51e0.jpg?v=1775105774","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/prosocial-motives-emotions-and-behavior-the-better-angels-of-our-nature","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}