The Psychology of Good and Evil : Why Children, Adults, and Groups Help and Harm Others


Ervin. Staub
Bok Engelsk 2003 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 2003
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1 online resource (610 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; PART I INTRODUCTION AND CORE CONCEPTS; 1 Good and Evil; 2 Studying the Pivotal Role of Bystanders; 3 Studying and Promoting Altruism and Studying and Working to Prevent Genocide; 4 Is Evil a Useful Concept for Psychologists and Others?; 5 Basic Human Needs and Their Role in Altruism and Aggression; PART II THE ROOTS OF HELPING OTHER PEOPLE IN NEED IN CONTRAST TO PASSIVITY; 6 Helping a Distressed Person; 7 Spontaneous (or Impulsive) Helping; 8 Social and Prosocial Behavior. - 20 Creating Caring SchoolsPART IV THE ORIGINS OF GENOCIDE, MASS KILLING, AND OTHER COLLECTIVE VIOLENCE; 21 A Note on the Cultural-Societal Roots of Violence; 22 The Psychology of Bystanders, Perpetrators, and Heroic Helpers; 23 Steps Along a Continuum of Destruction; 24 The SS and the Psychology of Perpetrators; 25 The Origins of Genocide; 26 Bystanders as Evil; 27 Individual and Group Identities in Genocide and Mass Killing; 28 Mass Murder; 29 When Instigation Does Not Result in Mass Murder; 30 Persian Gulf Conflict Was Reflection of Stormy Undercurrents in U.S. Psyche; 31 Mob Violence. - 32 Understanding and Preventing Police ViolencePART V THE AFTERMATH OF MASS VIOLENCE; 33 Preventing Group Violence; 34 Kosovo; 35 The Effects of Violence On Groups and Their Members; 36 Healing, Reconciliation, and Forgiving after Genocide and Other Collective Violence; 37 Healing, Forgiveness, and Reconciliation in Rwanda; 38 Further Avenues to Prevention; 39 Commentary; 40 A Vision of Holocaust Education in Holocaust Centers and Schools; 41 Out of Hiding; 42 Review of Legacy of Silence: Encounters with Children of the Third Reich. - 43 What Can We Learn from This Tragedy? A Reaction Days after September 11, 2001PART VI CREATING CARING, MORALLY INCLUSIVE, PEACEFUL SOCIETIES; 44 Changing Cultures and Society; 45 Transforming the Bystanders; 46 Blind versus Constructive Patriotism; 47 Manifestations of Blind and Constructive Patriotism; 48 The Ideal University in the Real World; 49 Conclusion; Appendix What Are Your Values and Goals?; PART I: HUMAN RELATIONS; PART II: YOUR GOALS AND VALUES; PART III: PERSONAL BACKGROUND; PART IV: HOW YOU HELP; PART V. BELIEFS & FEELINGS; Index. - 9 The Power to Help OthersPART III HOW CHILDREN BECOME CARING AND HELPFUL RATHER THAN HOSTILE AND AGGRESSIVE; 10 The Origins of Caring, Helping, and Nonaggression; 11 Natural Socialization; 12 The Origins of Hostility and Aggression; 13 Cultural-Societal Roots of Violence; 14 Bystanders and Bullying; 15 Students' Experience of Bullying and Other Aspects of Their Lives in Middle School in Belchertown; 16 Passive and Active Bystandership across Grades in Response To Students Bullying Other Students; 17 Self-Esteem and Aggression; 18 Father-Daughter Incest; 19 Reducing Boys' Aggression. - This book attempts to understand the roots of goodness and evil. It gathers together the knowledge gained in a lifelong study of harmful or altruistic behavior. Professor Staub's work is collected together for the first time in The Psychology of Good and Evil.
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0521528801. - 0521821282

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