Cognitive and Social Influences on Early Prosocial Behavior in Two Sociocultural Contexts

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 905-914

  Kärtner, Joscha ^a   Keller, Heidi ^a   Chaudhary, Nandita ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Culture specific pathways; Empathy; Prosocial behavior; Self other differentiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CATALEPSY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GOALS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954645112     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019718     Document Type: Article

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