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List of contributors, Editorial preface; Introduction; Part I.Biological, sociobiological, and ethological approaches to the stud ofaltruism and aggression: 1. The psychobiology of prosocial behaviors:separation distress, play, and altruism Jaak Panksepp; 2. Anevolutionary and developmental perspective on aggressive patternsRobert B. Cairns; 3. Development in reciprocity through friendshipJames Youniss; 4. The prosocial and antisocial functions of preschoolaggression: an ethological study of triadic conflict among youngchildren F. F. Strayer and J. M. Noel; Part II. Development,socialization, and mediators of altruism and aggression in children: 5.A conception of the determinants and development of altruism andaggression: motives, the self, and the environment Ervin Staub; 6.Early organization of altruism and aggression: developmental patternsand individual differences E. Mark Cummings, Barbara Hollenbeck, RonaldIannotti, Marian Radke-Yarrow, and Carolyn Zahn-Waxler; 7. Aggressionand altruism: a personality perspective Seymour Feshbach and NormaDeitch Feshbach; 8. The socialization of prosocial behavior: theory andreality Joan E. Grusec and Theodore Dix; 9. Social-interactionalpatterns in families of abused and nonabused children John B. Reid; 10.Naturalistic observation of cooperation, helping, and sharing and theirassociations with empathy and affect Robert F. Marcus; 11. Socialinformation-processing variables in the development of aggression andaltruism in children Kenneth A. Dodge; Conclusions; Indexes.