Empathy - A Social Psychological Approach

Empathy has long been a topic of interest to psychologists, but it has been studied in a sometimes bewildering number of ways. In this volume, Mark Davis offers a thorough, evenhanded review of contemporary empathy research, especially work that has been carried out by social and personality psychologists.Davis' approach is explicitly multidimensional. He draws careful distinctions between situational and dispositional ?antecedents? of empathy, cognitive and noncognitive ?internal processes,? affective and nonaffective ?intrapersonal outcomes,? and the ?interpersonal behavioral outcomes? that follow. Davis presents a novel organizational model to help classify and interpret previous findings. This book will be of value in advanced undergraduate and graduate courses on altruism, helping, nad moral development.

List of contents

1. History and Definitions 2. Evolutionary Origins of Empathic Capacities 3. Assessment of Individual Differences in Empathy 4. Origins of Individual Differences in Empathy 5. Non-Affective Outcomes 6. Affective Outcomes 7. Altruism and Helping Behavior 8. Aggression and Antisocial Behavior 9. Social Relationships and Social Behavior 10. Where We Have Been and Where We Should Go

About the author

Mark H. Davis is associate professor of psychology at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Summary

Empathy has long been a topic of interest to psychologists, but it has been studied in a sometimes bewildering number of ways

Product details

• Authors: Davis, Mark H Davis, Mark H. Davis
• Assisted by: Mark H. Davis (Editor)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.01.1996
• EAN: 9780813330013
• ISBN: 978-0-8133-3001-3
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Social Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology