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Tomasello, Michael.

Why we cooperate / Michael Tomasello. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2009. - 1 online resource (xviii, 206 pages) - A Boston review book . - Boston review book. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I Why We Cooperate -- 1 Born (and Bred) to Help -- 2 From Social Interaction to Social Institutions -- 3 Where Biology and Culture Meet -- II Forum -- Joan B. Silk -- Carol S. Dweck -- Brian Skyrms -- Elizabeth S. Spelke -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the Contributors.

Understanding cooperation as a distinctly human combination of innate and learned behavior.

ISBN: 9780262259255 (electronic bk.) 0262259257 (electronic bk.) 1282694790 9781282694798 9780262258494 0262258498 (hardcover) (hardcover)

Source: 269479 MIL 8AB27700-7D02-4AFC-A620-C1173D3FC304 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 8470 MIT Press 9780262259255 MIT Press

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Helping behavior.
Altruism.
Cooperativeness.
Social norms.
Comportement d'aide.
Altruisme.
Coopération (Psychologie)
Normes sociales.
PSYCHOLOGY--Psychotherapy--Counseling.
Altruism.
Cooperativeness.
Helping behavior.
Social norms.

Subjects--Index Terms: COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: HM1146 / .T66 2009eb

Dewey Class. No.: 158/.3