Book contents
- Cooperation and Conflict
- Cooperation and Conflict
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Broad Insights from Political Science to Molecular Behavior
- Part II Neural Mechanisms
- 5 Social Living and Rethinking the Concept of “Prosociality”
- 6 The Role of the Temporal Lobe in Human Social Cognition
- 7 Role of Oxytocin and Vasopressin V1a Receptor Variation on Personality, Social Behavior, Social Cognition, and the Brain in Nonhuman Primates, with a Specific Emphasis on Chimpanzees
- Interim Summary
- Part III Species Comparisons
- Index
- References
5 - Social Living and Rethinking the Concept of “Prosociality”
from Part II - Neural Mechanisms
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 February 2021
- Cooperation and Conflict
- Cooperation and Conflict
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Broad Insights from Political Science to Molecular Behavior
- Part II Neural Mechanisms
- 5 Social Living and Rethinking the Concept of “Prosociality”
- 6 The Role of the Temporal Lobe in Human Social Cognition
- 7 Role of Oxytocin and Vasopressin V1a Receptor Variation on Personality, Social Behavior, Social Cognition, and the Brain in Nonhuman Primates, with a Specific Emphasis on Chimpanzees
- Interim Summary
- Part III Species Comparisons
- Index
- References
Summary
The study of prosocial behavior has been an active area of research in social psychology that dates back to the beginnings of the last century. (For a review see Penner et al., 2005,) This large body of literature includes a diverse range of phenomena centering around the origins and tendencies of humans helping other humans, including traits such as empathy. In psychology the term “prosocial behavior” is typically used to indicate a behavior that provides benefit to another person. However, this same term, and all that it implies, has been increasingly applied to nonhuman vertebrate animal behavior and the neural mechanisms regulating these behaviors. It is within this latter context that the term prosocial has been used rather loosely with no clear definitions provided.
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- Cooperation and ConflictThe Interaction of Opposites in Shaping Social Behavior, pp. 89 - 103Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021