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The Effects of Cognitive and Affective Perspective Taking on Empathic Concern and Altruistic Helping.

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Oswald, Patricia A. – Journal of Social Psychology, 1996

Examines whether affective perspective taking (the ability to identify and understand another person's feelings) plays a more significant role in altruistic helping than does cognitive perspective taking (the ability to recognize and understand the thoughts of others). This hypothesis is supported by the results of an experiment pairing videotape…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Altruism, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Processes