Concern for others has been thought to emerge in the 2nd year of life (Hoffman,,,). Three
related ideas underlying this view assume that younger infants cannot distinguish between …

Moral Development and Reality explores the nature of moral development, human behavior,
and social interconnections. The exploration elucidates the full range of moral development …

The Handbook of Moral Development is the definitive source of theory and research on the
development of morality. Since the publication of the first edition, ground-breaking …

Importance A marked lack of empathy is a hallmark characteristic of individuals with
psychopathy. However, neural processes associated with empathic processing have not yet …

The high prevalence of touch screen devices in the lives of preschool children has prompted
increased research on the effects of tablets on children's learning and skills. However, to …

Empathy is an important psychological concept influencing social interaction. However,
knowledge about its etiological components is still scarce. Estimates for the heritability of …

A team of linguists recently identified a small set of words, around two dozen, that have
survived from their origins in an early Eurasiatic language that dates to some 15,000 years …

Unsolicited third-party affiliation occurs when victims of aggression receive a spontaneous
affinitive contact from a bystander. Consolation is a specific type of unsolicited third-party …

Although empathetic distress (ie, taking on a friend's emotional distress as one's own) has
been examined as a “cost of caring” especially common among girls, relations with …

Numerous theories have attempted to reconcile the apparent incompatibility of feeling and
acting toward the well-being of others with the drive for individual survival and reproductive …