Producing and Understanding Prosocial Actions in Early Childhood

Advances in Child Development and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue , 2012, Pages 271-305

  Paulus, Markus ^a   Moore, Chris ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altruism; Comforting; Development; Empathy; Helping; Infancy; Prosociality; Sharing; Social cognition; Toddlerhood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859490240     PISSN: 00652407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394388-0.00008-3     Document Type: Chapter

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