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9781848555723

Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups

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  • ISBN13:

    9781848555723

  • ISBN10:

    1848555725

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-06-01
  • Publisher: Jai

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Advances in Group Processes publishes theoretical analyses, reviews, and theory-based empirical chapters on group phenomena. Volume 26, the eight topical volume, includes chapters that address fundamental issues of Altruism and Prosocial Behavior in Groups. In the past decade, the study of altruism, or helping behavior, has occupied much intellectual attention. In this volume, scholars from a variety of disciplines address a range of phenomena related to the general question of when people behave in an altruistic fashion. The specific topics addressed in this volume include (i) how empathy induced altruism can actually be a threat to the some larger collective good, (ii) the role of egoism in the production and maintenance of social order, (iii) the basis of cooperation in social dilemmas, (iv) an evolutionary account of sex differences in the propensity to cooperate, (v) a theoretical analysis of when individuals experience gratitude versus indebtedness in response to receiving help, (vi) a new status-driven theory of large scale collective action, (vii) a cross-national analysis of institutional versus generalized trust in societies, and (viii) how individuals develop expectations for the sanctioning of particular kinds of behaviors. Overall, the volume includes chapters that reflect a wide range of theoretical approaches to altruism and prosocial behavior in groups from sociologists and psychologists who work in the general area of group processes. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

List of Contributorsp. vii
Prefacep. ix
Empathy-Induced Altruism: A Threat to the Collective Goodp. 1
The Problem of Social Order: Egoism or Autonomy?p. 25
Common Fate, Crisis, and Cooperation in Social Dilemmasp. 53
Sex Differences in Cooperation and Prosocial Behaviorp. 81
Differentiating Between Grateful and Indebted Reactions to Receiving Helpp. 105
A Status Theory of Collective Actionp. 133
Prosocial Behavior Across Cultures: The Effects of Institutional Versus Generalized Trustp. 165
Metanorm Expectations: Determining What to Sanctionp. 199
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