Social and prosocial behavior: Personal and situational influences and their interactions

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 103-144

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511615795.009     Document Type: Chapter

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