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Download full textHoffman, Martin L. – 1972
This paper presents a summary of behavior concepts that together provide the outline of a possible developmental theory of prosocial motivation. These concepts, based on human role-taking capacities, include empathic distress, sympathetic distress, personal guilt, and existential guild. At first, a child cannot discriminate between himself and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Concept Formation
